"I LOVE These Books!": A Sneak Peak from Jackie

I am deeply in love with this new series by Gryphon House. They are simply magical--fun, educational, encouraging family projects, and practical. How fantastic is THAT?!

Curious kids will delight in the fifty fun-filled recipes in The Budding Chef! This book offers great ways for parents and their budding chefs, ages three to six, to have fun together as they make soft pretzels, whip up some real butter, and have a winter picnic.

This introduction to cooking and baking is filled with fifty (mostly) healthy kitchen adventures. The easy-to-follow instructions and easy-to-find ingredients help parents share their love of the cooking in kid-friendly ways and create special moments that they—and their children—will cherish forever.

Kids will love these delicious recipes: Quesadilla Fiesta ,"Hello Pumpkin!" Muffins, Omelet in a Bag, The Incredible Edible Spaceship, Breakfast Banana Split and more.

With a cup of wonder, a teaspoon of laughter, and a scoop of fun, these recipes and activities bring parents and children together to share magical moments!

The Budding Gardener offers great ways for parents and their budding gardeners, ages three to six, to create memories together as they plant a seed and watch it grow, create a garden marker, make a spider web out of sweet pea seeds and bamboo, and beautify the garden with a stone path or rock tower.

This kid-friendly introduction to gardening features easy-to-follow instructions and easy-to-find materials that help parents share their love of the outdoors with their children in imaginative new ways.

Dig in to these exciting activities:

• Homemade Worm Farm
• Mystery Seed Garden
• Backyard Butterfly Garden
• Grassy Haired Friend

With a little dirt, some water, and a few tools, these activities bring parents and children together to share magical moments!

These books are not coming out until April, but they can be pre-ordered now. Believe me, these books will become highly treasured in your family (or even in a class room, teachers, or Scouts, den mom's). I'm several multiples older than the 3-10 age group these books are aimed at, but I'll be making some of these projects myself because they are just too cool not to!

--Jackie