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Handstand Kids Italian Cookbook Kit

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The Handstand Kids cookbook is darling. The italian recipes are fun and simple for kids, but also tasty enough to please any discriminating adult's palate. The characters are adorable and I love the diversity of their personalities and backgrounds, as well as the focus on community service. And how can you not love the design, illustration and packaging -- too cute. Kids love the chef's hat that comes with the book too! Three thumbs up.

An excellent cookbook encouraging children to learn not only how to cook, but to also introduce them to another language and culture.

Recipes included in this book are: The Best-O Chicken Pest-O, Mamma Mia Minestrone and Every Tummy Loves Tartufo.

This cookbook is a unique approach to a creative idea. It is presented in a personal-sized pizza box with a chef's hat included. Each recipe indicates the level of difficulty for each recipe. The tools used in the kitchen as well as the ingredients are written in both Italian and English to help increase an awareness of other languages. The book is presented by the Handstand Kids: Five children that represent different ethnicities, one is disabled and one is vegetarian. This is a nice approach to show children how everyone is different and how to develop a sensitivity towards differences. Children are also encouraged to utilize their new cooking skills and help the underprivileged.

With the increase in mobility around the world, Handstand Kids is a great way to introduce children to culture, language, the kitchen and to think of the needs of others. Not only would this make a great gift, but it would also be great as a donation to your local children's library.

My kids and I love this book. It's easy and so much fun to use. I had to buy two of them just for the chef hat that they love to wear everytime they cook. I aslo have used this for kids birthday gifts and now we are setting "cooking play dates" with other kids. It really is a joy to watch my kids enjoy cooking especially my son who always thought girls were the only one who can cook in the house.

I recently gave the Handstand Kids Cookbook to my two nephews, ages 5 and 8 - they absolutely love it! They love wearing the hat as they feel more 'grown-up', and it makes the activity of preparing the dish all the more special. The recipes are easy for them to follow (and yummy!) and they love learning the Italian translations. The book is written and designed so that the kids get a chance to enjoy and appreciate the whole process of cooking, from preparing and getting the ingredients, to the mixing to the eating! Also, I am so happy that the recipes are healthy so the kids can realize that healthy food can be yummy food as well, which for my nephews, their mom really appreciates! This is an excellent book to introduce kids to the joys of cooking, food, and teamwork, and having something good to eat at the end, give the kids a sense of accomplishment. I highly recommend this book.

This book was a birthday present for my 6 year old granddaughter since she loves to help her mom in the kitchen. Needless to say, she was very excited not only to receive the book, but that it came addressed specifically to her! Before the end of that day, my granddaughter and her mom were making a pizza following the recipe in this great book for kids!!!

My family and I spend our weekends cooking together and the Handstand Kids books have been very helpful in letting my son and daughter cook with us. The Italian has been particularly helpful as my kids LOVE their pasta. Now, if I could only get them to clean up after themselves.

Why didn't someone think of this before? HandStand Kids is just what this country needs to start kids out eating right from an early age and not depend on fast food and frozen dinners but REAL, HOMEADE food! I bought the Italian cookbook for my 6 year old niece and she just loves it...as do I. The cookbook is colorful, with lots of pictures and characters for kids to relate to. It rates the difficulty of the recipes (from 1 to 4 garlic cloves!) My favorite part is the section called "Italianize my....", which includes recipes for how to turn every day food and drinks into Italian versions (sandwiches into panini, sparkling water into Italian soda). Love it!

These healthy simple recipes help kids to feel empowered in the kitchen and in life! My niece really enjoyed this gift.

Yvette Garfield and Kim DeRose truly understand how to appeal to children of all ages (I have already used some of these recipes). As an education researcher with a history in developmental psychology it is obvious they understand children. This book motivates children to develop culinary skills to make meals the whole family can enjoy. The presentation of the book, with adorable illustration and packaging, is incredibly well-designed. The amount of time and care put into its creation is patently obvious. This is the perfect gift for anyone with children. I believe this series could be easily adapted into school curricula for any home economics class.

What a great book! I got this book for my two nieces [ages 10 and 7] and my nephew [age 5] as a way to introduce them to cooking and a bit of Italian, but what I found was that the book had so much more to offer! The introduction contains the bios of the Handstand Kids, each with their own unique personality and story, which makes the whole experience much more interesting. Also in the introduction is a page encouraging kids to get involved helping others. This is so important to teach kids any way we can. Both the bios and some possible charities to get involved with are on the book's official website www.handstandkids.com if you want to check them out. Of course, this is all before getting into the great recipes. I really love that each recipe includes an alternative preparation like making the dish vegetarian or adding additional spices for different flavors. I think this really encourages creativity. Kids learn to cook, not just follow instructions. And it all comes in a cute pizza box with a chef's hat. I can't wait to get cooking! Molto Bene!