Cook It! (Helping Hands) - Softcover

Georgie Birkett

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846432847 ISBN 13: 9781846432842

Publisher: Childs Play Intl Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

Cook It! is an engaging children’s book that introduces young readers to the everyday experience of preparing food, helping in the kitchen, and working together as a family. With simple, conversational text and lively illustrations, this interactive story encourages children to think about meals, ingredients, shopping, cooking, and the many ways they can lend a helping hand.

Who’s home for dinner? What shall we cook? What ingredients do we need to buy? And once everyone has eaten, who will help with the washing-up? Through familiar kitchen activities, children are encouraged to explore the steps involved in preparing a meal and discover that cooking can be a fun opportunity to learn, cooperate, and contribute.

Taking part in age-appropriate food preparation and household routines can help children build independence, responsibility, confidence, and practical life skills. Talking about what to cook, making choices, gathering ingredients, and helping to tidy up also provides natural opportunities to develop communication, sequencing, problem-solving, and teamwork.

Key features and benefits:

• Introduces children to cooking, meal preparation, shopping, and tidying up
• Encourages independence, responsibility, cooperation, and teamwork
• Supports practical everyday life skills
• Promotes discussion about food, ingredients, choices, and family routines
• Encourages sequencing and problem-solving skills
• Simple conversational text invites parent-child interaction
• Lively illustrations encourage observation and discussion
• Connects everyday experiences with meaningful early learning

Cook It! helps children discover the fun of getting involved in family routines while encouraging confidence, cooperation, and a positive attitude toward helping others.

The Helping Hands series introduces children to meaningful everyday activities and shows how they can participate in real tasks. Across Clean It!, Cook It!, Grow It!, Fix It!, and Recycling!, children discover practical ways to help at home and in their community while developing responsibility, independence, cooperation, and useful life skills. Simple conversational text and lively illustrations encourage adults and children to read together, talk about their experiences, and explore how small helping hands can make a big difference.

About this title

About the Author

I graduated from Brighton University in 1996, and have illustrated many books for children, I have recently started writing too. I have made books with Bloomsbury, Macmillan, Random House, Puffin, and many more. I work from a cooperative studio space ‘Studio Greenhouse’ above a shop in the Brighton Laines. I grew up in Bristol, Bath, Salisbury, and London. I now live in Lewes. I come from an artistic family who were always drawing, and developed my interest at a very early age. My grandparents ran an art club, where as well as painting with the members, my sister and I would be portrait models with the challenge of keeping still and extra challenge of not getting the giggles! When I was born my grandfather had recently retired from directing Ladybird Books. I love to travel when I can, and have recently developed a taste for the west coast of North America – beautiful scenery and laid back people, as a result my husband has gained a passion for playing the banjo and growing beards! I love to walk the surrounding countryside of Lewes and am now finally growing vegetables in my back garden!

Edition details

• Publisher: Childs Play Intl Ltd
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1846432847
• ISBN 13: 9781846432842
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Georgie Birkett
• Number of pages: 24