Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Kids Booklist

Kids in the Kitchen

It's never too early to start fooling around with food. So check out these cookbooks to discover lots of creative and healthy options for easy meals and fun snacks. Then, while you're enjoying a bite to eat, read about the fascinating history of how recipes were developed, learn about how gardens grow or share a story that centers on special treats like apple pie---or other, ickier, options.

Butterworth, Christine – How Did That Get in My Lunchbox?: The Story of Food

DePaola, Tomie – Strega Nona's Harvest

Deen, Paula H. – Paula Deen's My First Cookbook

Fauchald, Nick – Indoor S'mores: And Other Tasty Treats for Special Occasions

Gourley, Robbin – Bring Me Some Apples and I'll Make You a Pie: A Story about Edna Lewis

Hopkinson, Deborah – Fannie in the Kitchen

Karmel, Annabel – Cook It Together

Mayer, Mercer – A Green, Green Garden

McDonald, Megan – Beetle McGrady Eats Bugs!

Nissenberg, Sandra K. – The Everything Kids' Cookbook: From Mac 'n Cheese to Double Chocolate Chip Cookies-- 90 Recipes to Have Some Finger-lickin' Fun

Parish, Herman – Amelia Bedelia's First Apple Pie

Taylor, Gaylia – George Crum and the Saratoga Chip

Priceman, Marjorie – How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World

Verdick, Elizabeth – Mealtime

Wallace, Nancy Elizabeth – Planting Seeds

Wilson, Karma – Bear Wants More