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Cookbooks for Kids

Dinner from Dirt
Emily Scott and Catherine Duffy
Are you involved in garden projects? This cookbook allows kids to prepare and eat foods they've grown in their garden. Kids can make pizza garden, spaghetti garden, soup garden, and desserts such as sugar 'n spice pumpkin bars and pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. (Ages 6-up)

The Healthy Start Kid's Cookbook
Sandra Nissenberg, R.D.
Fun and healthy recipes that kids can make themselves. Shows 6-10 year olds that making nutritious food they love can be just as much fun as eating it. With a little help from an adult, children can create delicious, easy, and imaginative concoctions that are surprisingly good for them. This illustrated cookbook contains 90 fun kid-tested recipes fully approved by parents and nutritionists alike. Included are fun to make recipes you'll feel good about that kids eat up, such as painted pancakes, fruit kabobs, oven baked chicken nuggets, and gingerbread muffins. (Ages 6-10)

A Kid's Cookbook
Carol Kurzweg
Over 52 educational and edible delights to introduce children to cooking. Recipes for making bunny bread, rocket salad, caterpillars, vegetable bouquet, picnic chicken, etc. Plus tips for healthy eating and cultural facts. (Ages 9-12)

The Healthy Body Cookbook
Joan D'Amico and Karen Drummond
Over 50 fun activities and delicious recipes for kids. Filled with lots of hands-on lessons about the important role that diet and exercise play in the development of their bodies. All activities are kid tested and require only common ingredients and kitchen utensils. (Ages 9-12)

Holidays of the World Cookbook for Students
Lois Sinaiko Webb
This book features a collection of 388 recipes from more than 136 countries. Also described are the local holidays, customs and foods that are part of the holiday traditions in each country. (Recommended for grades 4-12)

Travel The World Cookbook
Pamela Marx
Introduces children to 60 recipes from around the world. Each recipe (10 per continent) includes interesting food and cultural facts and activities. (Ages 9-12)