If you have kids who love to cook, these cookbooks for kids will have them cooking and baking all day long!
Kids book books are not only great for learning a new recipe, they are also a great way for kids to use literacy and math skills in a meaningful, real world way! Reading and following a recipe in a children’s cook book and successfully cooking that recipe works on so many essential academic and life skills, but your kids won’t even notice they are learning!
Try one of our favourite cook books for kids from this list and get your kids in the kitchen.
My kids have always loved to cook. When they were very little they helped me make meals and did simple cooking tasks, but now they are all getting older they love the independence of grabbing a cookbook and making something on their own.
We have a wonderful collection of well loved kid’s cookbooks, and if your kids like to cook, they might like some of these cook books for kids.
The Best Kid’s Cookbooks
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Complete Children’s Cookbook – by DK
This cookbook has good, clear, step by step pictures, and a great variety of recipes from snacks to dinner.
Baking with Kids: Make Breads, Muffins, Cookies, Pies, Pizza Dough, and More! – by Leah Brooks
Lots of great basic baking skills covered in this book, and lots of delicious recipes.
The Usborne Children’s Cookbook – by Rebecca Gilpin
Usborne have lots of great kids cookbooks with various themes.
We have Christmas Fairy Cooking and Children’s Chocolate Cookbook as well.
The River Cottage Family Cookbook – by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
My kids and I got hooked on the River Cottage TV series one summer and love that this cookbook includes fun things like making butter as well as some gardening.
The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs – by America’s Test Kitchen Kids
This book has lots of recipes, including sweet treats, snacks, and meal ideas with lots of step by step photos.
Roald Dahl’s Completely Revolting Recipes – by Roald Dahl, Illustrated by Quentin Blake
These recipes might have super fun revolting names, but the actual food you cook is delicious!
Gaby’s Latin American Kitchen – by Gaby Melian
If you love Latin American food as much as me and my kids do, you’ll love learning some of these delicious recipes!
Edible Science: Experiments You Can Eat – by Jodi Wheeler-Toppen and Carol Tennant
The science of cooking and cooking up some cool science – this book looks awesome!
Pretend Soup and Other Real Recipes – by Mollie Katzen and Ann Henderson
This cookbook has lovely pictures and simple recipes that even the youngest chefs can help make.
Do you have a favourite kid’s cookbook?
We’d love to add some more cookbooks to our wish list, so leave a comment below and tell us about your favourites.
If you are looking for some great tips for cooking with kids, check this article out, and for more recipes that kids can cook, try one of these easy recipes for kids:
We bought Sarah the AWW Cooking School for Kids book for her birthday and she absolutely loves it. The recipes have all been super yummy too.