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Lion Guards the Cake By Ruth Paul, Scholastic, $19.99

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.. The house is quiet and the magnificent cake is a great temptation. So Lion comes down from his guard post outside to guard it. The mice don't get by him, neither does the cat or the dog. But slowly the cake is being whittled down — is that a lion's paw? Rhyming and great illustrations make this a wonderful story to read. —