The World’s Biggest Cake

This picture book is The World’s Biggest Cake, written by Korean author Ahn Young-eun, illustrated by Kim Seong-hee, and published by CITIC Press.

It is a whimsical fairy-tale picture book that received a Special Mention at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. Weaving in mathematics, geometry, and mechanics, it aims to spark children’s imagination, creativity, and spirit of collaboration.

The story tells how Leonardo da Vinci, serving as wedding planner for the Duke of Sforza of Italy, builds a wedding hall out of 17,000 cakes β€” letting children feel the joy of knowledge and creation through this wondrous tale.

The cover features a giant pink cream cake topped with cherries and little figurines β€” playful and fantastical, perfectly matching the core idea of “building a hall with cakes” and conveying the belief that curiosity and creative imagination are the secret of genius.