Kids' Baking: 60 Delicious Recipes for Children to Make

K-Gr 4—This British import encourages family time in the kitchen with from-scratch recipes illustrated with full-color photographs of kids at work. As with many cookbooks for children, there is an introduction, basic hygiene guidelines, equipment list (including two pages about cake pans), techniques, tips, and definitions of terms. Recipes are divided into broad categories: "little cakes," "cookies," "cut-and-come-again cakes," "traybakes," "cakes to impress," and "breads." Several call for fresh or dried fruit, such as "farmhouse fruit cake," "banana, fig and cranberry slice," and "coconut, cherry and lime cake," which may make picky eaters turn up their noses. Many recipes call for superfine sugar; most ingredients should be readily available. An apron icon indicates which recipes would be best for the youngest and newest cooks and a grown-up to tackle together; experienced upper-elementary-age bakers could probably do many of them fairly independently, though some may find the photos of preschoolers a tad babyish. An attractive addition for libraries with a high demand for cookbooks.—Heather Acerro, Rochester Public Library, MN