I received an advanced copy for review.

From the first page I was so excited about the simplicity of the icons for each section - ingredients, equipment, and steps. I think my 5 year old could follow along pretty well.

And bonus discovery, even found a couple recipes my food allergy kiddo can try.

BUT, caveat, my 5yo is a boy. He’s very interested in cooking AND reading. If he saw the page about boys versus girls he’d be confused or disappointed. Seems like the page could be removed from a printed version.

Maybe this publisher will come out with another version without strangely connecting a cookie to gender.

I absolutely loved this recipe book, and will definitely be buying it for my son when it’s published.

I love the illustrations and how the ingredients are listed by pictures and words, it makes it so appealing and interesting.

There is a great selection of cookies, cakes and snacks including pizza. Using ingredients that you would find in the store cupboard, nothing too fancy.

I’ve already made with my son some of the cookie recipes which were delicious.

The photographs are appealing, and there are spaces to make notes at the end of each recipe.

I particularly liked the back section detailing cooking times, so you can pick a recipe accordingly.

Thank you to the publisher and net galley for giving me an advanced copy, I loved it.

Great birthday present for a child’s birthday.

Nice book
Very easy to follow instructions
Easy to make biscuits and cakes
I would prefer it in book form
So going to purchase it now it's released



Thank you netgalley, Skye Wade

I really liked the book, the images and the pictures gives a lot of cuteness to the content. The recipe seems easy to do and appropriate for kids and teens; some might need more help from adults but otherwise the idea is really good.

Overall I was really seduced by this book and really wanted to buy it for myself and the kids and was thrilled to test some of the recipe. But, yes there is a HUGE but, and a HUGE no.
We live in the 21st century and this is completely wrong and infuriating to see a gender distinction in the choice of the recipe.
At the end of the book we can see which occasion the different recipe are suitable for (which was great !), and after the disaster "For boys" and "for girls" appear.. in which world Nutella cookies are for boys and not for girls ?! I can't tell you in how many ways this is so wrong and shouldn't appear in a book for children when we try hard to educated them about gender equality and how we fight everyday hard for it. Nop won't be more than one star for me and won't buy it unless this thing is removed from the book.

Thank you for this ARC #netgalley in exchange of this honest review.

What a great cookbook this is! My kids recently started cooking and especially have an interest for baking cookies. This book is amazing, it has great recipes that kids will enjoy and actually eat. It's very well presented with a step by step guide for each recipe, making it very easy to follow and it's full of information and tips for kids. I would definitely recommend purchasing this book if you have a child/teen, they will love it!

This was a great book to follow. Even my brother can do the baking. Very basic and straightforward. The illustration is great and helped a lot.

This cookbook has a fun and fresh design that will appeal to children of all ages, and some adults too!

Instead of blocks of text this cookbook features beautifully illustrated drawings of the ingredients, equipment and step by step instructions needed to make each recipe.

The concise nature of the book is perfect for budding bakers who want to get their hands dirty and straight into the baking. Each recipes includes a photograph of the finished item which I always appreciate in a cookbook, and there really is something for everyone included in this cookbook - the only problem is choosing which one to make first!

This cookbook has recipes that kids are likely to enjoy. Recipes are presented in few words and instructions are accompanied with small graphics. Kids who are visual learners will likely appreciate this format. All recipes indicate which steps require help from an adult (chopping, using the oven, and pouring hot liquids). In the macaron recipe, kids are told to separate eggs by scooping yolks out of the bowl with their hands. I think the proper method of separating an egg should have been shown. One feature I really like is that each recipe has a notes page where bakers can write down what they liked about the recipe and what they might change if they made it again. This book feels most appropriate for kids under the age of ten. I don't think teens will like the cat illustrations or the coloring page at the end.

The book is really sweet and the recipes look delightful! I would definitely recommend it if you want to start to bake with your children even if they are unable to read yet.

The step by step illustrations with caution warnings „don’t do it alone/ask someone to help“ makes it clear that it makes a perfect thing to do with your children/grandchildren together.

The only sad thing for me was that with the kindle version I had every page twice and not really formatted. But that is the only downgrade.

The book is a gem for people with children, who want to teach them to cook. It has very easy recipes and the illustrations are darling! After they start to have more confidence in themselves, they can also start experimenting with some of the recipes by adding different flavors or substituting stuff. I loved paging though the whole book and looking at the drawings.

I love the idea, and its super cute, perfect for rainy days with your small people. The pictures are really easy to follow and I love the little touches like the star rating for difficulty and the measurements being in a couple of different units. The section at the end of each bake allowing you to record ideas and your own star rating was also adorable.

I can't really rate it higher than 2 stars though based on the weird table that categorises the bakes as 'for girls' or 'for boys', with almost everything being labelled as for girls and not very much being labelled as for boys. Firstly I can't fathom what makes any of the bakes specifically needing to apply to only one sex?! Secondly, I don't see the relevance to need to put that in at all, even if there was bright pink frosting on half the bakes (which there isn't at all) it's still cake that can be enjoyed by anyone and everyone?! Who knew Lemon Cheesecake was just for girls, I better go break the bad news to my husband...

This is a very informative and helpful cookbook for kids. It has great pictures and easy to follow directions. I like the guide that asks for parent (guardian) or older sibling to help with the stove and other sharp objects.

There is a section for nearly everything too, bread, cakes, cookies, pies, just a lot. It’s so interesting and since I have my nieces over I’m sure we’ll get a lot of use out these easy to follow recipes.

So this book is adorable, just as I had expected. It would have been incredibly disappointing if it wasn't.

I love that this offers a place to rate each recipe and put ideas for changing up a recipe and putting ideas for experiments while also providing some of their own.

It did feel incredibly odd that Chapters 8 and 9 only contain one item, and both items are related to each other.

As a mom of 5 children, this fun and easy baking/cooking book is going to be a new standard in my house! My kids love to cook and bake with me, and are always asking to help mommy in the kitchen. I especially loved the recipes for Nutella cookies , chocolate mug cake, and banana crumb muffins. Your little ones are going to have so much fun spending time cooking and baking with their mommies or daddies, grab this sweet treat of book for your family today.

Everyone should know how to cook. Any child that's able to reach the kitchen countertop (stepstools help!) and has the dexterity to use measuring cups and stirring spoons should be spending time in the kitchen, gaining knowledge and skills that will serve them for a lifetime. This cookbook is a great place to start. While it's large enough to serve as the aforementioned stepstool, it's not intimidating. The soothing color scheme sets a tone of relaxation. The use of simple drawings and pleasant photographs helps keep the tone upbeat and expectations reasonable. A free gift offered at the beginning of the book helps build a relationship between the author and the child.

We start with baking basics, where the child will learn how to prepare to cook, how to cook safely, how to measure, and will be taught the terminology that will be used in the recipes. Each recipe begins with an ingredient count number and difficulty level, as well as preptime, baking, resting and yield numbers. A photograph of what the finished product should look like gives the child a mental image to strive for. After that, everything is explained step-by-step in cute little drawings a child will feel comfortable with. After each recipe comes a review page, where the child is encouraged to rate the recipe on a five star system, and make notes about what they might change, ideas for experimenting, and who helped.

The one thing I would change about this cookbook would be the overabundance of sweet recipes. There's plenty of cookies, cakes, muffins, pastries, but only four bread recipes, and a 'savory and salty' category which contains five recipes, three of which are pizza. Surely a child can bake a potato, assemble a casserole, or season a fish filet to bake in a toaster oven. And shouldn't we be teaching them that there's more for dinner than pizza?

All in all, I would love to have received this book as a child. It would have prepared me for life on my own much better than my little Easy-Bake oven did!

My thanks to author Skye Wade, BooksGoSocial, and NetGalley for allowing me to read a digital advance review copy of this book. This review is my honest and unbiased opinion.

Update: I have gone from 3 to 5 stars!!

After viewing the final Kindle book, I find it to be quite cute and the recipes sound delicious. My son has viewed it as well and is looking forward to making many of the treats by himself.

Small and basic. I did like the illustrations but there is not many recipes and some aren’t classified properly.

I really wanted to be wowed by this cookbook as my son and myself collect cookbooks. I personally won’t buy this one because of how lacking it is, BUT if you have a little one that’s just starting to stand on the stool while you bake, this may be perfect. This may even be perfect for those with disabilities learning to do things on their own.

This book would be perfect in print as the digital copies don’t lend themselves to easy navigation or reading. You can’t swipe the pages, but they will change if you tap them. Also, it doesn’t allow landscape reading or enlarging, so it very hard to read as the font is tiny.

Really lovely cute cooking book for pre-teens I'd suggest

Really simple to follow instructions with cooking times

There is even a safety section

Thank you Netgalley & Publisher for ARC

This is a fantastic resource for children, tweens and teens embarking on their cooking journey.

It is laid out in a simple, easy to follow manner, with both written and pictograph instructions, detailing exactly how long it'll take (prep, rest and cook time), what ingredients and equipment you'll need and provides a review page at the end of each recipe.

There is a comprehensive list of safety rules (again written and illustrated) up front in the book followed by a full baking glossary and equipment lists. I do have a quibble here because the emergency number is 911, which is fine for US audiences, but problematic in the rest of the world.

There is a nice breakdown at the end of the book showing cooking times, suggesting occasions for each of the recipes and outlining measurement conventions. The occasions do suggest recipes that are "more suitable" for girls or boys (possibly for parties?), and quite frankly they could have omitted these columns. Food isn't gendered, and shouldn't be. Boys can enjoy blueberry tarts just as much as girls can enjoy chocolate chip cookies! It's this sort of thing that could turn a boy off cooking.

The recipes themselves are clear and easy to follow, and I look forward to cooking up a storm with my kids.

4 stars. They lost a point for the gendering of food.

~Many thanks to Netgalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.~

Thank you to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for a copy of this book in exchange for honest feedback. This book is SO cute! I absolutely love the illustrations. This guide is very cute and a great idea for kids in my view. Probably best for kids-pre teens. It's something that would be cute to do with parents. Loved it

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Cute book and fun recipes. The language and pictures seem age appropriate. The one downside was the way it was managed to fit my kindle which made the content hard to see.

3☆