Including cakes of all sizes, suitable for girls and boys of all ages, this text includes 55 kids' cakes that can be decorated in 30 minutes or less, using bought or home made cakes. It includes cakes for Easter, Christmas and Halloween as well as birthdays and each cake comes with photographs and explanations of the techniques involved. This should be a useful introduction covering great ways to cheat, what bought cakes to use and how to make your own cake if time permits.

This is a guide to child-friendly recipes for kids of all ages. It details a number of menu ideas for different ages and occassions. Each meal contains a healthy range and balance of the necessary nutrients, including guidance on adapting recipes for younger babies.

New Children's Party Cakes
Joanna Farrow

Even people who never normally bake cakes find themselves reaching for the icing when it comes to children's parties. With busy cooks in mind, Joanna Farrow has devised this collection of 35 cakes which offer something to appeal to most children - and will not take days to create. From a toadstool cake for younger children to sporty cakes and animal characters for the older age group, all the recipes are accompanied by clear instructions, templates where necessary and step-by-step photographs which make the cakes superbly easy to create, even for complete baking novices.

Dad's Own Cookbook
Bob Sloan

Features advice for the untutored on holding a knife, heating a pan before sauteeing, which parts of a chicken to buy, shopping, storage, preparation, and timing, plus more than 150 recipes.

Easy Peasy
Mary Contini & Pru Irvine

Instead of decorating frozen pizzas or making ice-cream sundaes, this book aims to teach children how to cook for real. Going from the basic building blocks of preparation, through the different food groups and on to different ways of using the skills learned, it shows how to make tasty meals.

Easy Peasy Sweetie Pie
Mary Contini & Pru Irvine

A cookbook designed to encourage children to cook their own treats. It covers tricks with baking, beating cake mixture and making pastry, as well as lots of tips on how to do all the basics, including popping corn and delicious drinks.

DK Kid's First Cook Book
Dorling Kindersley

Step-by-step photographs and easy-to-follow instructions in this book show you how to make and decorate a variety of cooked goodies such as super snowman surprises or a dinosaur cake. One of a series of activity guides it also shows life-sized photographs of all finished products.

For the last 10 years the New Complete Baby and Toddler Meal Planner has been helping mums everywhere feed their babies and young children the right foods to give them the best possible start in life. Annabel, the leading authority on children's food, has now revised her international bestseller to help ensure that your child gets the very best start in life. Her innovative collection of mouth-watering recipes, time saving tips and reassuring menu charts is based on her own practical experience of feeding a young family. Thoroughly revised and updated to include fresh recipe ideas and the latest advice on nutrition, the New Complete Baby and Toddler Meal Planner is now even better than before.

Passport on a plate A Round-the-World Cookbook for Children
Diane Simone Vezza
Susan Greenstein - Illustrator

Children's Quick and Easy Cookbook
Angela Wilkes

This cookbook contains 100 sweet and savoury recipes, with instructions and step-by-step photographs to show how they are prepared. All the recipes require minimal adult supervision and use readily available ingredients. It also includes sections on kitchen safety, food hygiene, cooking techniques and cook's tools.

Provides a variety of fruit smoothie recipes, from pina coladas to peanut butter banana drinks.

Good Fast Family Food
Joanna Farrow

Provides a wealth of fresh, new ideas that use child friendly ingredients and introduces them to new flavours. Recipes have wide appeal so the whole family can dine together, healthily, yet can be quickly prepared with little effort and no compromise on taste. Designed for families with children from toddler age right through to teenage.

The Lunchbox Book
Penny Stanway, Sara Lewis

Interesting and nutritious packed lunch ideas for children of all ages from a toddler off to a childminder to a school age child. Tips on packing a lunchbox and food safety. How to provide a healthy balanced 'packed' meal. An extensive selection of sandwich fillings and ways to make sandwiches more interesting. Written by two well known child experts. Illustrated with colour photographs - a benefit which other books on the subject do not have.

Food Boosters for Kids
Amanda Cross

Energy-giving food for children on the move; Foods to fuel brainpower during exams; Food to boost the immune system; Healing foods to tempt a convalescing child; Nutritious recipes for main meals, lunch boxes and snacks, plus juices, smoothies and hot beverages; What to eat and drink before bedtime to ensure a good night's sleep; Winter warmers-nature's internal heaters.