Here are the top 30 bestselling children’s cookbooks books for 11 year olds. Please click Read Review to read book reviews on Amazon. You can also click Find in Library to check book availability at your local library. If the default library is not correct, please follow Change Local Library to reset it.
1. Better Homes and Gardens New Junior Cook Book (Better Homes and Gardens Cooking)
| by: Better Homes and Gardens Release date: Aug 14, 2012 Number of Pages: 128 Find in Library Read Review |
Written and designed to appeal to kids ages 5 to 12, this all-new edition of the Better Homes and Gardens New Junior CookBook features 65 brand-new recipes that are simple to make and a blast to eat. Each recipe includes a photo of the dish and unique and lively illustrations of characters that tell a story to complement the dish.
All the recipes here are easy-to-follow and packed with helpful hints and fun ways for kids to put their own spin on them. With lots of easy-to-understand nutrition information, it’s a great way to teach kids about healthy eating while getting them interested in cooking.
- 65 recipes include hearty breakfasts, lunches, and dinners as well as healthy snacks and treats
- Fun, engaging, full-color illustrations bring each recipe to life and grab kids’ attention
- Special features cover cooking basics, kitchen safety, menu planning, basic nutrition information, and guidance on reading and understanding food labels
Teach your kids how to eat right and help out in the kitchen with the Better Homes and Gardens New Junior CookBook. It’s the perfect way to make it rewarding for the whole family.
2. Complete Children’s Cookbook
| by: DK Release date: May 05, 2015 Number of Pages: 304 Find in Library Read Review |
More than 150 fabulous recipes, divided into nine themed chapters (Breakfast, Soups and Salads, Light Bites, and more) will have you and your child in the kitchen and cooking in no time. From French toast to rainbow salad, vegetable lasagna to tomato soup, and ice cream to mini muffins, Complete Children’s Cookbook has a recipe for every occasion. And with beautiful full-color photography, simple instructions, and a focus on safety, each one makes an ideal cook-together project that will have children excited to try the new flavors in the dishes they helped make. The step-by-step instructions are easy to follow and feature a picture for every step, so children can see clearly just what to do as they build basic cooking skills, safe kitchen practices, and adventurous palates.
3. Kids’ Fun and Healthy Cookbook
| by: Nicola Graimes, Howard Shooter Release date: Jun 04, 2007 Number of Pages: 128 Find in Library Read Review |
Featuring everything from pizzas and burgers to tofu kebabs and seafood salads, each dish in Kids’ Fun and Healthy Cookbook has been developed by an award-winning food writer to both nourish the body and tempt the taste buds. Step-by-step photographs help junior chefs through each recipe, and food fact sections highlight specific ingredients and detail what makes them beneficial.
Think healthy food can’t be fun? Think again! With Kids’ Fun and Healthy Cookbook, food can be tasty and nutritious.
4. A Merry Christmas Cookbook
| by: Disney Book Group, Disney Storybook Art Team Release date: Sep 16, 2014 Number of Pages: 64 Find in Library Read Review |
5. The Young Chef: Recipes and Techniques for Kids Who Love to Cook
| by: The Culinary Institute of America Release date: Apr 05, 2016 Number of Pages: 192 Find in Library Read Review |
Aspiring chefs turn to The Culinary Institute of America for top-tier training—and now younger cooks can too. Coauthored by chef-instructor (and parent) Mark Ainsworth, this book is for kids ages ten to fourteen who love to cook or who want to learn how, from the perspective of the nation’s best culinary college. It begins with techniques—from key cooking methods to staying safe in the kitchen to how food fuels your body—then augments those lessons with more than one hundred recipes for dishes that kids (and their families and friends) will love, from Chinese “Takeout” Chicken and Broccoli to Mexican Street Corn Salad to DIY Hummus to Raspberry Shave Ice. These recipes are easy enough that beginners can try them with confidence, but are loaded with insider tips, fun facts, kitchen vocab, and other teaching moments so that more adventurous junior cooks can use them as a springboard to take their skills to the next level, express their culinary creativity, and have fun in the kitchen!
6. My First Cupcake Decorating Book: Learn simple decorating skills with these 35 cute & easy recipes: cupcakes, cake pops, cookies
| by: CICO Kidz Release date: Feb 09, 2012 Number of Pages: 128 Find in Library Read Review |
7. Twist It Up: More Than 60 Delicious Recipes from an Inspiring Young Chef
| by: Jack Witherspoon, Sheri Giblin, Lisa Witherspoon Release date: Nov 16, 2011 Number of Pages: 152 Find in Library Read Review |
8. The Redwall Cookbook
| by: Brian Jacques, Christopher Denise Release date: Sep 22, 2005 Number of Pages: 104 Find in Library Read Review |
9. The Nourishing Traditions Cookbook for Children: Teaching Children to Cook the Nourishing Traditions Way
| by: Suzanne Gross, Sally Fallon Morell, Angela Eisenbart, Kim Waters Release date: May 15, 2015 Number of Pages: 240 Find in Library Read Review |
10. The Potterhead’s Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook: The Best Recipes from Harry Potter – Harry Potter Recipe Book for All Ages
| by: Martha Stone Release date: Sep 30, 2016 Number of Pages: 70 Find in Library Read Review |
While you may think that you, a mere Muggle, couldn’t possibly recreate the amazing and mouthwatering dishes spoken of in the Potter series, this unofficial Harry Potter cookbook proves that misconception wrong. In fact, this Harry Potter recipe book was written for Muggles who want a taste of the wizardly delicacies that are only found in the magical world of Harry Potter.
You don’t have to be a graduate of Hogwarts to make the recipes from Harry Potter books. Each recipe has been tested on multiple occasions to ensure its accuracy and ease of use by Muggles. You will also find that each recipe includes:
* A description of the dish
* Which Harry Potter book you can find the dish
* Serving size for the dish
* Total time it will take to prepare and cook the dish
* Complete ingredient list
* Step-by-step directions on how to successfully recreate the dish
What’s even better is that each recipe utilizes common ingredients that Muggles keep on hand and, if they don’t currently have, can find in their local grocery stores.
So what are you waiting for? Start reading “The Potterhead’s Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook – The Best Recipes from Harry Potter: Harry Potter Recipe Book for All Ages” and plan your Hogwarts Feast today!
11. Pinkalicious Cupcake Cookbook
| by: Victoria Kann, Victoria Kann Release date: Oct 22, 2013 Number of Pages: 64 Find in Library Read Review |
The New York Times bestselling author and artist of Pinkalicious, Victoria Kann, brings Pinkalicious fans the first Pinkalicious cookbook, and it’s filled with cupcakes galore! Pinkalicious loves pinkatastic cupcakes—and now readers can make all their cupcakes Pinkalicious cupcakes. The Pinkalicious Cupcake Cookbook features more than 20 cupcakes straight from Pinkalicious’s world. Bake everything from a classic Pinkalicious cupcake with a cherry on top to a princess cupcake and castle, a snowman cupcake, or a cake pop flower! There are cupcakes for every occasion—birthday parties, Valentine’s Day, Christmas, and more—and tips to help get kids into the kitchen.
12. Fanny in France: Travel Adventures of a Chef’s Daughter, with Recipes
| by: Alice Waters, Ann Arnold Release date: Oct 25, 2016 Number of Pages: 184 Find in Library Read Review |
Fanny is a girl who knows a lot about food and cooking since she’s grown up in and around the famous restaurant Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California. When Fanny’s mother, Alice Waters, the chef and owner of Chez Panisse, starts to watch her favorite old French movies, Fanny knows soon they’ll be packing their bags and traveling to France for a visit. In this sparkling book of whimsical stories, Fanny recounts some of her most fun-filled adventures with French friends and food. Join Fanny as she helps cook a huge bouillabaisse in Provence; learns how to make fresh cheese from a shepherd high up in the Pyrenees mountains; hunts for wild oysters off the coast of Bordeaux, and discovers how one chicken can feed nine people, if served a certain way.
Fanny in France is also a beginner’s cookbook with forty simple, French-inspired recipes that encourage children and adults anywhere to cook and share delicious snacks and meals with family and friends using basic methods and the most sustainable ingredients.
13. Cook Me a Story: A treasury of stories and recipes inspired by classic fairy tales
| by: Bryan Kozlowski Release date: Jun 01, 2016 Number of Pages: 80 Find in Library Read Review |
Combine the magic of storytelling with the fun of cooking for a truly unique mashup of cookbook and storybook.
Welcome to the enchanted world of Cook Me a Story, where the most beloved fairy tales are retold with deliciously clever recipes for families to create and enjoy together. From breakfast adventures to evening stories, anytime is a perfect time for fairy tales and food. Join the fun as children learn to cook with familiar kitchen-time tales such as Goldilocks and the Three Pears, Cinnarella, Plumbelina, and more. Cook Me a Story combines the magic of storytelling with the fun of cooking for a truly unique fairy-tale experience that begins “once upon a kitchen…”
14. How to Cook in 10 Easy Lessons: Learn how to prepare food and cook like a pro (Super Skills)
| by: Wendy Sweetser Release date: Oct 01, 2015 Number of Pages: 64 Find in Library Read Review |
Learn how to cook in 10 easy lessons, and become an expert in the kitchen in no time!
In the Super Skills series, kids can master a new talent in 10 easy lessons! How to Cook in 10 Easy Lessons is a comprehensive cookbook for aspiring young chefs that introduces children to the art of cooking and breaks it down to the basics in a fun and interactive way. Young chefs will learn key skills and practical techniques from a professional chef that will help them become experts in the kitchen in no time. Easy-to-follow recipes then help guide kids as they practice their newfound cooking skills. With an inviting format and step-by-step illustrations, this is the perfect book for kids to gain the confidence and skills necessary to learn how to cook themselves.
15. The Great Fairy Baking Competition
| by: Thomas Nelson Release date: Sep 02, 2013 Number of Pages: 64 Find in Library Read Review |
Fantastic fairy cookbook full of favorite sweet-treat recipes!
Introducing The Great Fairy Baking Competition, a fairy-themed fun cookbook, full of favorite recipes from Camilla the Cupcake Fairy, Daisy the Doughnut Fairy, Lola the Lollipop Fairy, Izzy the Ice-cream Fairy, Annie the Apple Pie Fairy and Katie the Candy Cane Fairy! Recipes from each fairy’s special cookbooks let the world know their best kept secrets in the fairy kitchen! Learn how to make the most delicious cupcakes, cookies, pies, sweet treats and much more! This book will get kids in the kitchen and enjoying creating spectacular fairy food!
16. Mary Poppins in the Kitchen: A Cookery Book with a Story
| by: Dr. P. L. Travers, Mary Shepard Release date: Oct 01, 2006 Number of Pages: 88 Find in Library Read Review |
In full color for the first time, this enchanting new edition will delight both old and new fans of the inimitable Mary Poppins.
17. Kitchen for Kids
| by: Jennifer Low Release date: Jan 01, 2010 Number of Pages: 144 Find in Library Read Review |
Kids love to cook and help in the kitchen. That’s why Jennifer Low has created this book of 100 no-knives, no-flame, from-scratch recipes that kids can easily make with the help of a caring adult. Each recipe has been tested by kids aged four and up and each dish is beautifully photographed From Paddy Thai Noodles (an oven backed take on traditional Pad Thai) and One-Potato-Two Bread to Baby Lemon Meringue Pies and Strawberry-Fudge Striped Cake, the author shows how to organize a safe and fun kitchen for kids to learn cooking and to create yummy dishes.
18. Fairy Tale Feasts: A Literary Cookbook for Young Readers and Eaters
| by: Jane (RTL) Yolen, Heidi E. Y. Stemple, Philippe Beha Release date: Jul 01, 2009 Number of Pages: 197 Find in Library Read Review |
19. Cooking with Mickey and the Disney Chefs (WDW custom pub)
| by: Pam Brandon Release date: May 01, 2004 Number of Pages: 160 Find in Library Read Review |
20. Baking Kids Love
| by: Sur La Table, Cindy Mushet Release date: Sep 15, 2009 Number of Pages: 128 Find in Library Read Review |
Whether you’re slathering fluffy, white frosting over a decadent chocolate cake, or forming soft ropes of dough into creative shapes, time spent together in the kitchen creates memories that last a lifetime. Both young and old love a warm surprise when it comes out of the oven. Baking Kids Love brings the magic of baking alive through thirty delicious recipes, designed for 8 to 12-year-olds, that are totally a blast to make–and eat!
Baking instructor Cindy Mushet and her daughter Bella team up with cookware authority Sur La Table to carefully guide kids through the experience of creating awesome masterpieces in the kitchen. Step-by-step instructions for key steps (along with Bella’s personal comments about the recipes), inventive variations, and colorful photography complete the book. Popovers magically rising into puffy, golden pillows, and gooey, warm cheese melting over the sides of a crispy pizza crust–these are just a few of the surprises waiting to be enjoyed in this book. So roll up your sleeves, get a little flour on your hands, and warm your stomach with a treat while sharing a smile. Baking Kids Love is baking that both kids and adults will love.
21. Let’s Cook Italian, A Family Cookbook: Cuciniamo italiano, Un ricettario di famiglia
| by: Anna Prandoni Release date: Dec 15, 2015 Number of Pages: 96 Find in Library Read Review |
“A tavola non si invecchia.” Or, “At the table with good friends and family you do not become old.”
Let’s Cook Italian, by chef Anna Prandoni, is a fun, interactive, bilingual cookbook for families that introduces the art and joy of Italian cooking. It teaches better eating habits and the importance of culture, while providing quality family bonding time. Featuring classic, simple dishes inspired by Italian cuisine, each recipe is shown in both Italian and English and accompanied by charming illustrations. With an emphasis on fresh ingredients and hands-on preparation with family activities, dishes include traditional starters, main courses, and desserts. Your child’s creativity will be sparked, as will your deeper connection with them.
Let’s Cook Italian, scritto dalla giornalista Anna Prandoni, e un libro di ricette divertente, interattivo e bilingue per famiglie che ci accompagna alla scoperta dall’autentica cucina italiana di casa. Con piatti classici e semplici inspirati dalla tradizione, ogni ricetta e presentata sia in italiano che in inglese ed e accompagnata da bellissime illustrazioni a collage.Ingredienti freschi, preparazioni semplificate adatte anche ai piccoli di casa, idee per la merenda, Let’s Cook Italian e lo strumento ideale per fare di ogni pasto della giornata un momento unico, fin dalla preparazione. La creativita dei vostri figli sara solleticata, e il piacere di stare a tavola comincera fin dalla scelta degli ingredienti e della ricetta da preparare insieme e condividere!
22. Eat Your Math Homework: Recipes for Hungry Minds (Eat Your Homework)
| by: Ann McCallum, Leeza Hernandez Release date: Jul 01, 2011 Number of Pages: 48 Find in Library Read Review |
Topics covered include probability, Fibonacci numbers, tessellations, variability, and more.
23. Roald Dahl’s Even More Revolting Recipes
| by: Felicity Dahl, Roald Dahl Release date: Oct 01, 2001 Number of Pages: 32 Find in Library Read Review |
Just when you thought it was safe to go into the kitchen-Roald Dahl’s recipes are back! Based on the scrumdiddlyumptious food that appears in his famous stories, this collection of recipes is wacky, revolting-and edible! Using basic ingredients, you can re-create the world of Roald Dahl by making Plushnuggets, Boiled Slobbages, and Grobswitchy Cake, plus many other treats. Quentin Blake’s whimsical illustrations add a wild sense of adventure to this extraordinary cookbook.
24. Jewish Fairy Tale Feasts: A Literary Cookbook
| by: Jane Yolen, Heidi E.y. Stemple, Sima Elizabeth Shefrin Release date: Jan 07, 2013 Number of Pages: 200 Find in Library Read Review |
A fun book for parents and children to enjoy and treasure
Master storyteller Jane Yolen and her daughter Heidi Stemple have teamed up to bring the magic of their acclaimed Fairy Tale Feasts to the time-honored and delicious traditions of Jewish storytelling and cuisine. Here you’ll find Yolen’s dynamic, enchanting retellings of Jewish tales from around the world paired with Stemple’s recipes-for everything from challah to matzo brei to pomegranate couscous, tzimmes chicken, and rugelah, in creative versions of classic dishes that any family will delight in cooking together. And Jewish Fairy Tale Feasts is more than collection of stories and recipes: Yolen and Stemple imagine their readers as co-conspirators. Throughout they share fun facts and anecdotes about the creation of the stories and the history of the dishes, designed to encourage future cooks and storytellers to make up their own versions. Readers of all ages will learn about Jewish folktales, culture, and cooking, all the while captivated by the humor and wisdom of these enduring stories (and ready to eat!).
25. It’s So Good!: 100 Real Food Recipes for Kids!
| by: Rebecca Galera, Nevin Martell Release date: Dec 09, 2014 Number of Pages: 122 Find in Library Read Review |
A unique cookbook that includes more than one hundred recipes for “little chefs.” Each recipe contains a list of ingredients, detailed cooking directions, a photo of the finished dish, and “tips from the chef!” Most of the recipes feature fruits and vegetables to ensure children are eating nutritious foods.
Nevin Martell has been writing about food and culture for more than a decade and a half. His work regularly appears in the Washington Post, Wine Enthusiast, Cheese Connoisseur, Plate, and CityEats.com.
26. A French Cookbook for Kids (Cooking Around the World)
| by: Rosemary Hankin Release date: Jul 15, 2013 Number of Pages: 32 Find in Library Read Review |
27. Cool East Coast Cooking: Easy and Fun Regional Recipes (Cool USA Cooking)
| by: Alex Kuskowski Release date: Sep 01, 2013 Number of Pages: 32 Find in Library Read Review |
28. A Teen Guide to Fast, Delicious Lunches (Teen Cookbooks)
| by: Dana Meachen Rau Release date: Jan 01, 2011 Number of Pages: 64 Find in Library Read Review |
29. Fall Shakes to Harvest Bakes (Yummy Tummy Recipes: Seasons (Bearport))
| by: Marilyn La Penta Release date: Mar 01, 2013 Number of Pages: 24 Find in Library Read Review |
30. New Orleans! #4 (Recipe for Adventure)
| by: Giada De Laurentiis, Francesca Gambatesa Release date: Jun 17, 2014 Number of Pages: 144 Find in Library Read Review |
In the fourth book in the series, Zia’s secret ingredient takes Alfie and Emilia to New Orleans. There they meet the members of a kids’ jazz band and are soon helping save the band’s performance venue, as well as tracking down a long-lost cookbook, which just might hold some very special secrets. From beignets and gumbo, to jazz and zydeco, Alfie and Emilia experience everything New Orleans has to offer, all while trying to find their way home.
Best Selling Books for 11 year olds:
- Action & Adventure
- Activities, Crafts & Games
- Animals
- Biographies
- Classics
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Technology
- Early Learning
- Education & Reference
- Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths
- History
- Holidays & Celebrations
- Humor
- Literature & Fiction
- Mysteries & Detectives
- Religions
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Science, Nature & How It Works
- Sports & Outdoors
- Children’s Cookbooks
Recommended Books for 11 year olds:
- Action & Adventure
- Activities, Crafts & Games
- Animals
- Biographies
- Classics
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Technology
- Early Learning
- Education & Reference
- Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths
- History
- Holidays & Celebrations
- Humor
- Literature & Fiction
- Mysteries & Detectives
- Religions
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Science, Nature & How It Works
- Sports & Outdoors
- Children’s Cookbooks
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