Musgrove and the New Baby — Ilona Rodgers

It is Hermione's birthday and, returning with her nanny Musgrove from buying the biggest cake ever made by Fortnum and Mason's, they are presented with an amazing gift. Fished out of the lake in St. James's park by a pelican, a baby is deposited in the middle of Hermione's cake. Only when Hermione's party guests have arrived and the cake is brought to the table, is this unforeseen presence revealed, as it struggles through the layers of cake. This new adventure, as do its predecessors, combines enchanting illustrations with a vividly evoked sense of place and a delightful narrative.