Books with author Tom Dunnington

A fun and engaging way for young children to figure out concepts and solving problems on his or her own.Rookie Readers (Ages 5-7) have provided entertaining, high-quality introductions to reading for more than a generation. Each title features full-color, often hilarious illustrations and engaging stories that always involve a young child figuring out concepts or solving problems on his or her own. A child imagines how much larger things such as crumbs, puddles, trees, and even babies would seem to an ant.

When the treat is sweet, children want to cook their own confections. And with this cheerful, beautifully designed kids’ cookbook—the fifth in Lark’s bestselling series—they can. Author Rose Dunnington is back once more, presenting a flavorsome and fun collection of recipes for what is unarguably the most anticipated course of the meal. A handy basics section gets beginners started, but with goodies such as snickerdoodles, chocolate mint cookies, hot cheesecake brownies, strawberry stickies, spumoni, and trifle, eating will be the best part of all. Also included is information on sugar substitutes, less fattening variations, and healthful options. Each recipe features helpful how-tos, and a color photo that will have children grabbing their mixing bowls.

Which will be your favorite--the Ultimate Peppermint Patty? Even kids who have never baked before will rush to the kitchen to try out these awesome cookies. It's easy: all the basics that ensure success are in this lie-flat, spiral-bound cookbook. Children can choose Wild & Crazy Cookies (amazing-looking cookies that are fun to build and decorate); Chunky, Chewy, Yummy Cookies (classic recipes with delicious and surprising variations); and Cool, Cool Refrigerator Cookies. Mouth-watering color photos showcase treats that look almost too good too eat, including "stained glass" stars for a special birthday party. And kids will really get a kick out of the holiday treats, like flesh-eating spiders for Halloween, and a "pizza pie" for a gang of friends to cook up together.

What will entice kids into the kitchen and turn them into budding chefs? Try yummy baked apples, to-die-for brownies, crunchy, munchy stove-popped popcorn with peanuts and chocolateÑall found in this lie-flat, spiral-bound cookbook made just for them. Inside, hungry snackers will find foods they can prepare to fill up that after-school empty belly, sate a postgame appetite, and banish movie-watching cravings. And, most important, all these bite-size mini-meals are fun to make, delicious, and (keep it a secret) healthy. A handy basics section includes details on how to read a recipe and teaches kids everything from creating a work space to presentation. Before long, confident youngsters will smoothly prepare such tasty dishes as guacamole, cheese straws, and baked chicken fingers.

What’s that delicious smell coming from the oven? It’s the aroma of biscuits, stuffed calzones, and glazed cinnamon rolls all baked by kids! These irresistible recipes—from brioche to baguettes, spanakopita to stuffed calzone, cobblers to custard—are guaranteed to lure young chefs to the kitchen. And they’ll feel confident cooking, too, because Rose Dunnington’s follow-up to Big Snacks, Little Meals and Delicious Drinks to Sip, Slurp, Gulp & Guzzle provides all the basics. She explains how to create a workspace; read a recipe; mix and knead; present fresh-baked foods for any occasion for friends and family; and more. Plus, each recipe in this lay-flat, concealed spiral cookbook features a color photo of the finished dish and plenty of helpful how-tos to guide beginners.