Write Out of the Oven!: Letters and Recipes from Children's Authors
Author: Josephine M Waltz
A collection of letters and recipes from more than 50 well-known and award-winning children's authors provides insights into their lives and advice to the children who wrote to them. Each entry includes the student's letter to the author, the author's response, and a recipe from the author. Appendices include helpful cooking terms and measurements. a portion of the proceeds from sale of this book goes to a children's literacy foundation.
School Library Journal
When a sixth-grade class wanted to raise money for CLiF, a children's literacy foundation in Vermont, they began crafting letters to their favorite authors, discussing their favorite book and asking that the author donate a favorite recipe. This resulting book offers a unique glimpse into the personalities and culinary habits of more than 50 children's authors and the often astute observations of student writers. Here's a sampling of an engaging letter to T. A. Barron: "I truly believe that I was meant to read it after nearly pulling down an entire shelf of books and was only able to catch one, which was none other than The Lost Years of Merlin." There's no better sell for a good book than a recommendation from a true fan. Dick King-Smith adds sweetness and spice with a letter about his writing habits, his past life farming, and a favorite cat who "had 104 kittens in her lifetime." The cookbook is arranged by categories such as dips, breads, breakfast foods, and main dishes. There are cooking safety tips; a complete index of student and professional writers, as well as an index of recipes. It is doubtful that any gourmet chefs will be born as a result of this compilation, but these young people promise to be wonderful writers themselves. Such a rich and sumptuous dialogue is substantial fare, a feast for hearts and minds.-Teresa Pfeifer, Alfred Zanetti Montessori Magnet School, Springfield, MA Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
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The Book of Great Breakfasts and Brunches
Author: Terence Janericco
This book presents many exciting, delicious, and interesting dishes for breakfasts and brunches besides giving delightful suggestions on how and when to entertain early in the day. In response to growing concerns about nutrition, The Book of Great Breakfasts and Brunches provides a host of healthy meals as well as traditional favorites.
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