"The only thing kids love more than a platter full of gooey homemade cookies is actually getting their little hands in the flour-and-sugar act right alongside Mom or Dad." So says Barbara Beery, founder and instructor at the Batter Up Kids children's cooking school in Austin, Texas. Beery opened the tremendously successful school more than a decade ago, and she has been helping children develop a love of cooking, food, and learning ever since. Her new book Batter Up Kids: Delicious Desserts features deliciously simple recipes for a variety of treats that any kid can make for any occasion! From Stack'em High Strawberry Shortcakes to Candy-Coated Dragonflies to Thumbs-Up Peanut Butter and Jelly Cookies, this innovative kid's cookbook is loaded with sweet treats, healthy fruit-based snacks, and traditional cake and cookie desserts that are perfect for birthday parties, holidays, Valentine's Day treats, and more. With easy-to-follow, illustrated instructions, plus an easy-clean, wipe-off cover and pages, kids everywhere will become culinary experts with Barbara Beery at their sides!
Barbara Beery combined her natural talents for cooking and teaching to create Batter Up Kids, a children's cooking school, in 1991. She has a bachelor's degree in elementary education from the University of Texas, and spent thirteen years teaching second and third grades as well as pre-school children, ages three to five years.

New from the premier children's cooking school, it's Batter Up Kids: Sensational Snacks! Barbara Beery is an expert when it comes to getting kids interested in cooking and food, and with today's epidemic of overweight and obese children, what could be better than 25 fun and easy recipes that get kids in the kitchen and teach them that eating healthy food in can still be fun!

Cooking in a Can is the perfect activity book for kids who love to camp and cook! The newest book in our successful children's activities series, Cooking in a Can follows Cooking on a Stick (now over 63,000 copies sold), and introduces dozens of techniques for cooking outside. Author Kate White shows kids the beauty of cooking over a campfire, with dozens of delicious and easy recipes like Hot Rock Chicken and Wilderness Wonder Chocolate Cake. From cooking in a can to cooking in a paper bag to cooking on a rock, this activity book produces scrumptious results that kids of all ages will enjoy.

6 X 8 In, 48Pp, 48 Full-Color Illustrations, Ages 7 To 11 With These Sensible and Sensitive Safety-First Recipes, This Upbeat Book Guides Kids Through The Fun and Rewarding Process of Campfire Cooking. Whether They're At A Campground With Other Campers, In The Forest With A Scouting Group, Or Simply In Their Own Backyard With Their Family, They'll Become Familiar With All The Basic Methods For Successful Outdoor Cooking. Three Cooking Methods Are Explained With Recipes Given For Each: Cooking On A Stick, In A Pouch, and On The Grill.

Easy Christmas Cut-Up Cakes for Kids proves that you don’t have to spend lots of money to get something special! A follow-up to the popular Easy Cut-Up Cakes for Kids, this book teaches children and parents to make fabulous Christmas creations from regular square, round, and 9 x 13-inch cake pans.

Why stick to the same old sheet cakes from your supermarket bakery to celebrate the special moments with your kids? Ditch the tired Barbie and G.I. Joe themes and make something truly special with Party Cut-Up Cakes for Kids! Perfect for birthdays, parties, holidays, and other special celebrations, Party Cut-Up Cakes teaches even novice bakers how to create spectacularly decorated cakes using standard cake pans and cake mixes, plus easy homemade frostings combined with your favorite colors, flavors and decorations to make custom cakes that will be the hit of the party!

From bestselling children's cookbook author Barbara Beery comes a delightful new cookbook created just for aspiring sprites, elves, gnomes and nymphs! Fairies Cookbook brings a bit of fantasy and magic to everyday snacks and treats, while teaching valuable cooking skills and encouraging kids to develop a love for creating their own food. Fairies Cookbook transforms everyday fare into mystical treats for birthday parties, sleepovers, and special occasions-and these recipes are easy enough to use everyday!Fairies Cookbook offers recipes such as Cookie Fairie Masks, Fairie Fruit Wands, Sugar Cone Fairie Hats, Fruity Fairie Castles, Raindrop Punch, and many more. Children's cooking expert Beery also includes dozens of tips and ideas for creating a variety of enchanting fairie-themed parties.

WHETHER IT'S BUYING LOCAL, eating homegrown greens, or using solar power, Barbara Beery teaches young boys and girls how to make their world a better place.
SAMPLE THESE DELICIOUS AND SIMPLE RECIPES A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT HAS TO OFFER:
Organic Orchard Salsa
Dig-That-Earth-Day Hummus
Cornbread in a Recycled Can
Eggs-actly Free-Range Frittatas
Solar-Power Strawberry Lemonade

Boys and girls will love the creepy monster recipes in this cookbook for kids! It includes 30 recipes for themed desserts, snacks, parties, get-togethers, or everyday fun. Fans of werewolves, vampires, mummies, zombies, swamp creatures, and more will find just what they are looking for. Try Coffin Crunchers, Screams after Dark Snack Mix, Prince of the Night Pizza, Mad Scientist Mix-up or Trifle with Death. Beautiful full color photography, cooking and safety tips, and easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions will have your little monsters cooking in the kitchen in no time.

Zac Williams is the president of Williams Visual, a production company that creates media and photography for advertising and publishing clients. He has been the principal photographer on more than one hundred national books and publications, including most of the Barbara Beery Pink Princess cookbook series. Zac lives with his family in Pleasant View, Utah.