Nixie Ness: Cooking Star (After-School Superstars)
after-school Superstars Nixie Ness Cooking Star Claudia Mills pictures by grace Zong Margaret Ferguson Books Holiday House New York
To Wina Mortenson
one COME back puppy noses Nixie Ness scolded She had just snipped a black jelly bean in half to make two candy noses for two puppy face cupcakes And both noses had practically jumped off the kitchen counter and onto the floor Her best friend Grace Kenny burst out laughing and Nixie laughed too She loved whenever she said or did something Grace thought was extra-funny Nixie and Grace had been best friends since their first day at Sun flower Preschool when Grace had been crying and two-year-old Nixie had taken her by the hand As far as Nixie was concerned the only thing better than baking cupcakes was baking 1