Playing by the book

Reviews of kids' books and the crazy, fun stuff they inspire us to do

Nonfiction Monday – Learning to cook

For my contribution to this week’s Nonfiction Monday I’m reviewing a cookery book that M has been using recently: frame>by>frame quick and easy – the cookbook that shows you every step.

As a family we bake and cook a lot, but normally my kids’ involvement (unless it is something sweet) revolves around play cooking – a [...]

Cacao Girl

Move over Biscuit Bear… here comes Cake Girl!

After a long and patient wait, I’ve finally been able to get my hands on the latest book by David Lucas – Cake Girl – and (hooray, hooray ) it has been worth the wait!
Alone again on her birthday, a witch decides to bake a cake girl [...]

Yum Yum Yum

M, J and I each have a sweet tooth. Chocolate and biscuits rarely last more than a day in our house so I try not to make or buy them very often. [Linguistic note: By biscuit I mean a sweet cookie affair, not something bread or scone-like]. Nevertheless, when we found Biscuit Bear by [...]

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