Jack and Anna want to bake cupcakes to surprise their dad on his birthday. But surprise! They run out of flour. Surprise! Cookies fall into the batter. Surprise! Some chocolate tips into the bowl. Will the cupcakes turn out delicious? And will Dad be surprised?

Lynn Maslen Kertell is the current manager of Bob Books and the author of the Bob Books learn-to-read sets More Beginning Readers, Sight Words: Kindergarten, Sight Words: First Grade, Rhyming Words, First Stories, and Animal Stories; and the Bob Books Stories series. You can visit her online and learn more about Bob Books at bobbooks.com.