The Boxcar Children Cookbook (Paperback)

~ (Author), L. Kate Deal (Author), Eileen Mueller Neill (Illustrator) "The Boxcar Children love to cook!..." (more)
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Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-5-- The Boxcar children have been around since 1942, and young readers still love them. The recipes in this attractive book are related to incidents in the series: "Henry cut one of the loaves of bread into four pieces with his knife, and the children began to eat" introduces a recipe for Baker's Bread in a Bag. Safety rules stressing adult supervision and other general guidelines are clearly covered at the beginning of the book. Then comes the fairly standard variety of recipes from beverages to desserts, with a chapter on campfire cooking as well. All feature ingredients most children will like. There isn't a trace of tofu anywhere; the overall tone is homespun and down-to-earth. Illustrations from the original editions are used throughout, as is a red-and-white checkerboard motif, adding a note of old-fashioned charm. For the most part, directions are clear and easy to follow. Occasionally, though, readers are not warned about potentially tricky steps (as in Baker's Bread in a Bag, which calls for yeast and "1 cup very warm water," without advising the use of a thermometer for the water). Children young enough to enjoy the series will probably need adult help with most of the recipes. This is not so beautifully designed or naturally integrated as Barbara Walker's The Little House Cookbook (HarperCollins, 1979), but libraries in which the series is popular will want to add it. --Lauralyn Persson, Wilmette Public Library,
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Description

The Boxcar Children love to eat--and cook! No matter how busy they are with their latest adventure, they take time out for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. This cookbook includes many of their home-style favorites. The cookbook also contains quotes from the mysteries which inspired the recipes so readers can have fun cross-checking the cookbook with the stories. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company (November 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 080750856X
• ISBN-13: 978-0807508565
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #943,079 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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31 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars bread in a bag worked great in class, tasted good too, January 18, 1999

By A Customer

I had a reading unit on The Boxcar Children #1. We used many of the receipes in class, the bread in the bag was very successful. I had the children bring as many ingredients as possible. We did as much as possible in class. The book was very well laid out. The pictures that matched the book were great. Sometimes I would have a child take home one of the copies and try a receipe at home, with permission of course. Keep up the good work on publishing good books.