With this middling story about four fourth-grade outsiders who start a baking club, Sheryl Berk (coauthor of Soul Surfer) and her nine-year-old daughter launch the Peace, Love and Cupcakes series, ...

It’s not every day that Bookshelf speaks with an author who’s just come back from visiting her pediatrician, but 10-year-old Carrie Berk is not your typical writer. The New York City fifth-grader, ...