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Cookbooks and More

Cookbooks for Kids

Banana split pizza and other snack recipes by Heather E. Schwartz

Batter Up Kids: sensational snacks by Barbara Beery; photography by Marty Snortum

Children's quick & easy cookbook by Angela Wilkes

Chillin' trix for cool chix: fab recipes, crafty fun, mystic magic, and super-cool quizzes by Leanne Warrick; illustrated by Debby Boon

Cooking for beginners by Roz Denny and Fiona Watt; designed by Mary Cartwright; illustrated by Kim Lane; photography by Howard Allman; food preparation by Ricky Turner and Lizzie Harris; cover illustration by Christyan Fox

Cooking rocks!: 30-minute meals for kids by Rachael Ray

Cool creepy food art: easy recipes that make food fun to eat! by Nancy Tuminelly

Picture Books about Food

Bear wants more by Karma Wilson; illustrations by Jane Chapman

The beastly feast by Bruce Goldstone; illustrated by Blair Lent

The beastly feast by Bruce Goldstone; illustrated by Blair Lent

The best restaurant in the world by Michelle Schwarz; illustrated by Roland Harvey

The cafeteria lady from the black lagoon by Mike Thaler; pictures by Jared Lee

Gladys goes out to lunch by written and illustrated by Derek Anderson

Mouse mess by Linnea Riley

Fiction Books about Food

The crepe makers' bond by Julie Crabtree

Eggs over Evie by Alison Jackson; illustrated by Tuesday Mourning

Hungry as a horse: a Sirocco story by Sibley Miller; illustrated by Tara Larsen Chang and Jo Gershman

Sassy: the dazzle disaster dinner party by Sharon M. Draper

Just add water-- and scream! by Dan Greenburg; illustrated by Jack E. Davis

Madame Pamplemousse and her incredible edibles by Rupert Kingfisher; illustrated by Sue Hellard