Children's Literature Cookbooks

14 December 2012

Children's Literature Cookbooks

I wrote some blog posts about the joys of getting my writing room in order after our big move. One of my many happy discoveries came from more efficiently grouping my books by topic.

Huh. I had no idea I had so many cookbooks based on children's stories...

The discovery came at a good time. We've been reading aloud to Eli since he was a newborn, but it was on our three-week road trip across the country this summer (when he was three and a half years old) that I discovered how ready he was to hear chapter books. As we drove between Laura Ingalls Wilder sites, he listened with absorption to Little House in the Big Woods. (Click here to see travel posts with photos.) He loved seeing the places where the stories happened. Even better, some of the sites allowed him to try out games and chores described in the books. He even got to taste food inspired by them. There's such magic in that. Stories come alive in a whole new way.

Here is a list of my childrens' literature cookbooks:

Grandpa's Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Cookbook by Judi Barrett
Roald Dahl's Revolting Recipes by Felicity Dahl
Roald Dahl's Even More Revolting Recipes by Felicity Dahl
Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook by Georgeanne Brennan
The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook by Dinah Bucholz
Inside the Secret Garden: A Treasury of Crafts, Recipes, and Activities by Carolyn Strom Collins
The Winnie-the-Pooh Cookbook by Virginia H. Ellison
Moomins Cook Book by Tove Jansson and Sami Malila
The Anne of Green Gables Cookbook by Kate Macdonald
The Little Women Book by Lucille Recht Penner
The Tasha Tudor Cookbook: Recipes and Reminiscences from Corgi Cottage by Tasha Tudor
Mary Poppins in the Kitchen by P.L. Travers
The Little House Cookbook by Barbara M. Walker