(4) 4-6 Checkerboard Library: Cool Main Dish Recipes series. General information about the focus protein is followed by sections on safe handling, cooking terms, ingredients, and tools. Each book offers seven recipes for main dishes including soups, salads, sandwiches, and entrees, many of which will be challenging to young or novice chefs. Most steps and the final dish appear in photos. An upbeat tone encourages culinary exploration. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these Checkerboard Library: Cool Main Dish Recipes titles: Cool Bacon Recipes, Cool Chicken Recipes, Cool Fish Recipes, Cool Hamburger Recipes, Cool Sausage Recipes, and Cool Wild Game Recipes.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(4) 4-6 Checkerboard Library: Cool Main Dish Recipes series. General information about the focus protein is followed by sections on safe handling, cooking terms, ingredients, and tools. Each book offers seven recipes for main dishes including soups, salads, sandwiches, and entrees, many of which will be challenging to young or novice chefs. Most steps and the final dish appear in photos. An upbeat tone encourages culinary exploration. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these Checkerboard Library: Cool Main Dish Recipes titles: Cool Bacon Recipes, Cool Chicken Recipes, Cool Fish Recipes, Cool Hamburger Recipes, Cool Sausage Recipes, and Cool Wild Game Recipes.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(4) 4-6 Checkerboard Library: Cool Main Dish Recipes series. General information about the focus protein is followed by sections on safe handling, cooking terms, ingredients, and tools. Each book offers seven recipes for main dishes including soups, salads, sandwiches, and entrees, many of which will be challenging to young or novice chefs. Most steps and the final dish appear in photos. An upbeat tone encourages culinary exploration. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these Checkerboard Library: Cool Main Dish Recipes titles: Cool Bacon Recipes, Cool Chicken Recipes, Cool Fish Recipes, Cool Hamburger Recipes, Cool Sausage Recipes, and Cool Wild Game Recipes.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(4) 4-6 Checkerboard Library: Cool Main Dish Recipes series. General information about the focus protein is followed by sections on safe handling, cooking terms, ingredients, and tools. Each book offers seven recipes for main dishes including soups, salads, sandwiches, and entrees, many of which will be challenging to young or novice chefs. Most steps and the final dish appear in photos. An upbeat tone encourages culinary exploration. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these Checkerboard Library: Cool Main Dish Recipes titles: Cool Bacon Recipes, Cool Chicken Recipes, Cool Fish Recipes, Cool Hamburger Recipes, Cool Sausage Recipes, and Cool Wild Game Recipes.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(4) 4-6 Checkerboard Library: Cool Main Dish Recipes series. General information about the focus protein is followed by sections on safe handling, cooking terms, ingredients, and tools. Each book offers seven recipes for main dishes including soups, salads, sandwiches, and entrees, many of which will be challenging to young or novice chefs. Most steps and the final dish appear in photos. An upbeat tone encourages culinary exploration. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these Checkerboard Library: Cool Main Dish Recipes titles: Cool Bacon Recipes, Cool Chicken Recipes, Cool Fish Recipes, Cool Hamburger Recipes, Cool Sausage Recipes, and Cool Wild Game Recipes.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(3) K-3 Super Simple Cookies series. In each cookbook, a series of spreads introducing safety tips, basic techniques, measuring tips, cooking terminology, utensils, and ingredients precedes seven or eight nicely varied cookie recipes. Clear step-by-step instructions (some steps are illustrated with a photograph) make each recipe easily doable for emerging bakers; colorful photos of the final products will entice kids and adults alike. Glos. Review covers the following Super Simple Cookies titles: Super Simple Bar Cookies, Super Simple Classic Cookies, Super Simple Healthy Cookies, Super Simple Holiday Cookies, Super Simple No-Bake Cookies, and Super Simple Specialty Cookies.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(3) K-3 Super Simple Cookies series. In each cookbook, a series of spreads introducing safety tips, basic techniques, measuring tips, cooking terminology, utensils, and ingredients precedes seven or eight nicely varied cookie recipes. Clear step-by-step instructions (some steps are illustrated with a photograph) make each recipe easily doable for emerging bakers; colorful photos of the final products will entice kids and adults alike. Glos. Review covers the following Super Simple Cookies titles: Super Simple Bar Cookies, Super Simple Classic Cookies, Super Simple Healthy Cookies, Super Simple Holiday Cookies, Super Simple No-Bake Cookies, and Super Simple Specialty Cookies.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(3) K-3 Super Simple Cookies series. In each cookbook, a series of spreads introducing safety tips, basic techniques, measuring tips, cooking terminology, utensils, and ingredients precedes seven or eight nicely varied cookie recipes. Clear step-by-step instructions (some steps are illustrated with a photograph) make each recipe easily doable for emerging bakers; colorful photos of the final products will entice kids and adults alike. Glos. Review covers the following Super Simple Cookies titles: Super Simple Bar Cookies, Super Simple Classic Cookies, Super Simple Healthy Cookies, Super Simple Holiday Cookies, Super Simple No-Bake Cookies, and Super Simple Specialty Cookies.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(3) K-3 Super Simple Cookies series. In each cookbook, a series of spreads introducing safety tips, basic techniques, measuring tips, cooking terminology, utensils, and ingredients precedes seven or eight nicely varied cookie recipes. Clear step-by-step instructions (some steps are illustrated with a photograph) make each recipe easily doable for emerging bakers; colorful photos of the final products will entice kids and adults alike. Glos. Review covers the following Super Simple Cookies titles: Super Simple Bar Cookies, Super Simple Classic Cookies, Super Simple Healthy Cookies, Super Simple Holiday Cookies, Super Simple No-Bake Cookies, and Super Simple Specialty Cookies.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(3) K-3 Super Simple Cookies series. In each cookbook, a series of spreads introducing safety tips, basic techniques, measuring tips, cooking terminology, utensils, and ingredients precedes seven or eight nicely varied cookie recipes. Clear step-by-step instructions (some steps are illustrated with a photograph) make each recipe easily doable for emerging bakers; colorful photos of the final products will entice kids and adults alike. Glos. Review covers the following Super Simple Cookies titles: Super Simple Bar Cookies, Super Simple Classic Cookies, Super Simple Healthy Cookies, Super Simple Holiday Cookies, Super Simple No-Bake Cookies, and Super Simple Specialty Cookies.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(3) K-3 Super Simple Cookies series. In each cookbook, a series of spreads introducing safety tips, basic techniques, measuring tips, cooking terminology, utensils, and ingredients precedes seven or eight nicely varied cookie recipes. Clear step-by-step instructions (some steps are illustrated with a photograph) make each recipe easily doable for emerging bakers; colorful photos of the final products will entice kids and adults alike. Glos. Review covers the following Super Simple Cookies titles: Super Simple Bar Cookies, Super Simple Classic Cookies, Super Simple Healthy Cookies, Super Simple Holiday Cookies, Super Simple No-Bake Cookies, and Super Simple Specialty Cookies.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(3) K-3 Super Simple Critter Crafts series. Googly eyes, pom-poms, paper plates, craft sticks, and more combine with a little (hot) glue and a lot of imagination to make the whimsical animal-themed craft projects in this series. Some background facts about each group's "critters" are offered in the first pages. Photos of featured animals, children, and various project stages add interest and detail to the step-by-step instructions. Project scale varies. Glos. Review covers the following Super Simple Critter Crafts titles: Super Simple Backyard Critter Crafts, Super Simple Wetland Critter Crafts, Super Simple Zoo Critter Crafts, Super Simple Farm Critter Crafts, Super Simple Forest Critter Crafts, and Super Simple Pet Critter Crafts.

Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo

(3) K-3 Super Simple Critter Crafts series. Googly eyes, pom-poms, paper plates, craft sticks, and more combine with a little (hot) glue and a lot of imagination to make the whimsical animal-themed craft projects in this series. Some background facts about each group's "critters" are offered in the first pages. Photos of featured animals, children, and various project stages add interest and detail to the step-by-step instructions. Project scale varies. Glos. Review covers the following Super Simple Critter Crafts titles: Super Simple Backyard Critter Crafts, Super Simple Wetland Critter Crafts, Super Simple Zoo Critter Crafts, Super Simple Farm Critter Crafts, Super Simple Forest Critter Crafts, and Super Simple Pet Critter Crafts.

Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo

(3) K-3 Super Simple Critter Crafts series. Googly eyes, pom-poms, paper plates, craft sticks, and more combine with a little (hot) glue and a lot of imagination to make the whimsical animal-themed craft projects in this series. Some background facts about each group's "critters" are offered in the first pages. Photos of featured animals, children, and various project stages add interest and detail to the step-by-step instructions. Project scale varies. Glos. Review covers the following Super Simple Critter Crafts titles: Super Simple Backyard Critter Crafts, Super Simple Wetland Critter Crafts, Super Simple Zoo Critter Crafts, Super Simple Farm Critter Crafts, Super Simple Forest Critter Crafts, and Super Simple Pet Critter Crafts.

Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo

(4) 4-6 Checkerboard Library: Cool Home Cooking series. Short sections on fresh foods, basic prep instructions, cooking terms, equipment, and ingredients introduce eight fairly challenging recipes. Photos of three prep steps and the final dishes accompany each recipe. Pictures of very young "chefs" do not reflect the advanced cooking knowledge required to complete many of the dishes. Some items call for uncommon ingredients such as tomatillos and rhubarb. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Checkerboard Library: Cool Home Cooking titles: Cool Breads & Biscuits, Cool Dips & Drinks, Cool Main Dishes, Cool Sides & Salads, Cool Soups & Stews, and Cool Treats & Sweets.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(4) 4-6 Checkerboard Library: Cool Home Cooking series. Short sections on fresh foods, basic prep instructions, cooking terms, equipment, and ingredients introduce eight fairly challenging recipes. Photos of three prep steps and the final dishes accompany each recipe. Pictures of very young "chefs" do not reflect the advanced cooking knowledge required to complete many of the dishes. Some items call for uncommon ingredients such as tomatillos and rhubarb. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Checkerboard Library: Cool Home Cooking titles: Cool Breads & Biscuits, Cool Dips & Drinks, Cool Main Dishes, Cool Sides & Salads, Cool Soups & Stews, and Cool Treats & Sweets.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(4) 4-6 Checkerboard Library: Cool Home Cooking series. Short sections on fresh foods, basic prep instructions, cooking terms, equipment, and ingredients introduce eight fairly challenging recipes. Photos of three prep steps and the final dishes accompany each recipe. Pictures of very young "chefs" do not reflect the advanced cooking knowledge required to complete many of the dishes. Some items call for uncommon ingredients such as tomatillos and rhubarb. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Checkerboard Library: Cool Home Cooking titles: Cool Breads & Biscuits, Cool Dips & Drinks, Cool Main Dishes, Cool Sides & Salads, Cool Soups & Stews, and Cool Treats & Sweets.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(4) 4-6 Checkerboard Library: Cool Home Cooking series. Short sections on fresh foods, basic prep instructions, cooking terms, equipment, and ingredients introduce eight fairly challenging recipes. Photos of three prep steps and the final dishes accompany each recipe. Pictures of very young "chefs" do not reflect the advanced cooking knowledge required to complete many of the dishes. Some items call for uncommon ingredients such as tomatillos and rhubarb. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Checkerboard Library: Cool Home Cooking titles: Cool Breads & Biscuits, Cool Dips & Drinks, Cool Main Dishes, Cool Sides & Salads, Cool Soups & Stews, and Cool Treats & Sweets.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(4) 4-6 Checkerboard Library: Cool Home Cooking series. Short sections on fresh foods, basic prep instructions, cooking terms, equipment, and ingredients introduce eight fairly challenging recipes. Photos of three prep steps and the final dishes accompany each recipe. Pictures of very young "chefs" do not reflect the advanced cooking knowledge required to complete many of the dishes. Some items call for uncommon ingredients such as tomatillos and rhubarb. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Checkerboard Library: Cool Home Cooking titles: Cool Breads & Biscuits, Cool Dips & Drinks, Cool Main Dishes, Cool Sides & Salads, Cool Soups & Stews, and Cool Treats & Sweets.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(4) 4-6 Checkerboard Library: Cool Home Cooking series. Short sections on fresh foods, basic prep instructions, cooking terms, equipment, and ingredients introduce eight fairly challenging recipes. Photos of three prep steps and the final dishes accompany each recipe. Pictures of very young "chefs" do not reflect the advanced cooking knowledge required to complete many of the dishes. Some items call for uncommon ingredients such as tomatillos and rhubarb. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Checkerboard Library: Cool Home Cooking titles: Cool Breads & Biscuits, Cool Dips & Drinks, Cool Main Dishes, Cool Sides & Salads, Cool Soups & Stews, and Cool Treats & Sweets.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges