A memoir is only a slice of a life. This ''questory'' (quest + history) covers more than the beloved cake-eating hippo. ''Not Just a Piece of Cake'' is a candid memoir of the realistic process of the process of creativity, via anecdotes. ''Anecdultery'' is a Hazel original term for story.

Hazel Edwards takes the reader behind the books. She shares the humour of a diverse work style and family life behind the beloved characters like the cake-eating hippo. Hippocampus is where memories are kept.

Collaborating with illustrators, performers, co-authors and even family, Hazel shares ''the process of the process of writing'' and why storytelling matters culturally, and personally.