Flour babies

The worst class in the school is Room 8 of St. Boniface School, and one of the worst underachievers is Simon Martin. The class assignment: take care of a six-pound bag of flour for three weeks. And so the class does. Surprisingly it is Simon Martin who becomes fond of his flour baby. Each day the members of the class write reflections on the care of the flour baby. It is Simon who finds himself reflecting upon why his own father walked out on him when he was just a baby.

Thoughtful. Funny.

One of the 1001 Children's Books You Must Read.