This post is sponsored by Melanie Moore. The review and opinions expressed in this post are based on my personal views.
MY REVIEW
Meet Allie—bright, curious, and unafraid of the world’s small puzzles! In Adventures with Allie and Friends: Chef Cherie’s Café, Melanie Moore turns an ordinary visit into something that feels a little like magic.
Allie only meant to stop by and say hello—but one glance at Chef Cherie’s frazzled face, and she’s swept into a full-blown breakfast-lunch emergency. Pancakes or pizza? Eggs or hotdogs? The reader will be pulled into choosing before realizing it.
Allie and Chef Cherie’s voices are clear and gentle, allowing the story to unfold with an easy rhythm while the illustrations take center stage. It’s a simple, heartfelt tale where the pictures do most of the talking…and they do it beautifully. Juan Diaz’s illustrations, which make the pages glow, are so realistic and colorful that the scenes felt edible.
This is a really pretty read—soft around the edges, but strong at the core. Moore shows young readers that kindness and confidence go hand in hand, that helping others can be an adventure all its own. Adventures with Allie and Friends: Chef Cherie’s Café is girl power at its best: smart, generous, and full of flavor. Beneath all the fun and food, there’s a message about friendship and teamwork that sticks around long after the last page.
GIVEAWAY
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Adventures with Allie and Friends: Chef Cherie’s Cafe: Book GiveawayABOUT THE BOOK
Adventures with Allie and Friends: Chef Cherie’s Cafe
Written by Melanie Moore
Illustrated by Juan Diaz
Ages: 3-8 | 40 Pages
Publisher: Mascot Publishing (2025) | ISBN: 979-8891385351
Publisher’s Book Summary: Meet Allie! She loves helping her friends any way she can. She is always on the lookout for new ways to make a difference.
In this first book about her adventures, Allie helps Chef Cherie with her restaurant.
Will you come along with Allie and Chef Cherie?
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Melanie Moore is a native West Texas girl born into a loving Christian family. She was born with several disabilities, but that never stopped her! When she was a little girl, she participated in elementary-level cheerleading, sang in the school choir, and played the clarinet in the marching band. In her spare time, she loved reading The Berenstain Bears, The Babysitter’s Club, and the Sweet Valley High series. Some of her favorite pastimes were vacationing in the mountains of New Mexico, family get-togethers, and picking pecans at her grandparents’ farm.
After graduating from high school, she went to Hardin-Simmons University, where she was elected Treasurer of the Social Work Club and earned a Bachelor of Behavioral Sciences in Social Work. During that time, she interned for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Abilene. She helped connect children with possible mentors. She was also a mentor to a little girl in the program.
After college, she worked for the public school system in her hometown. She explored her creative side while working with speech language pathologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, music therapists, behavior specialists, autism specialists, teachers, and students. With the encouragement and guidance of her supervisors and coworkers, she created social stories and a small categorical book for speech-language pathologists.
Melanie has spent most of her career working with children with special needs. She credits her success to the students she works with every day. Her motto is that we must first seek the needs and wants of each student and allow them to teach us before we can teach them. These days, she is mostly focused on family days completed with a rousing game of Train, attending a Supper Club ministry at her church, volunteering with the Education Foundation, and maintaining a goal of walking three miles every day—or at least she tries!
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