Today is National Doughnut Day! That oughta put a smile on your face!
Here in the Twin Cities, we’ve got some fairly scrumptious choices, including…
Bogart’s Doughnuts…
Glam Doll Donuts…
Mojo Monkey Donuts…
…or A Baker’s Wife where even if you don’t want a doughnut, you cannot go wrong.
What are the best doughnut shops in your neck of the woods?
With impeccable timing, my library delivered to my hold shelf this delightful story about the guy we have to thank for these holey treats.
The Hole Story of the Doughnut, by Pat Miller, illustrated by Vincent X. Kirsch
published in 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Straight from the sugary cheer on the end-papers…
we launch into a story of ships and sailors and sinkers — the ill-fated predecessors of today’s doughnut — and of a genius move on the part of one Hanson Crockett Gregory when he was a cook’s assistant aboard the Ivanhoe.
It’s a jolly good yarn, all true, well told by Pat Miller. She adds a few other tidbits of doughnut history at her story’s end, including the reason we celebrate National Doughnut Day — I bet you’ll be surprised!
Exceedingly clever illustrations feature pictures with the center hole removed, like this:
It’s a delightful, interesting tale for ages 3 and up, best read accompanied by some chocolate-frosted, color-sprinkled, custard-filled DOUGHNUTS!
orange marmalade 
Can’t wait to read this!
It’s a happy helping of history!