Mermaid Cookbook [Spiral-bound]

Barbara Beery (Author)

Book Description

Dive into this new cookbook by bestselling children's book author Barbara Beery! Mermaid Cookbook offers themed recipes perfect for mermaid, ocean voyage, treasure island, and pirate parties for kids. The book brings magic and whimsy to the kitchen, teaching kids to create fun snacks and tasty treats while learning valuable cooking skills. Perfect for birthday parties, sleepovers, or afternoon playtime, Mermaid Cookbook offers an abundance of playful recipes including Paradise Pineapple Fruit Dip, Sea Foam Floats, Treasure Island Trail Mix, Goldfish Gorp, Mermaid Hair Salad, Sea Turtle Cookies, Little Luau Cakes, Water Fairy Ice Pops, Rainbow Fish Fudge, and more. Mermaid Cookbook is sure to make a big splash with your little ones!

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Dive into this delightful cookbook by best-selling children s book author Barbara Beery! Mermaid Cookbook offers themed recipes for mermaid, ocean voyage, treasure island, and pirate parties for kids. It s perfect for sleepovers, birthday parties, or afternoon playtime. With step-by-step instructions, full-color photography, and lots of tips to keep things simple, this book is sure to make a big splash with your little ones!
Barbara Beery is the founder of Batter Up Kids Culinary Center in Austin, Texas. This national retail cooking center franchise offers culinary classes and camps and hosts cooking birthday parties for children ages two through teens. For more information check out the website at www.batterupkids.com. Barbara is the author of five cookbooks, including the best-selling Fairies Cookbook and Pink Princess Cookbook.

About the Author

Barbara Beery combined her natural talents for cooking and teaching to create Batter Up Kids, a children's cooking school, in 1991. She has a bachelor's degree in elementary education from the University of Texas, and spent 13 years teaching 2nd and 3rd grades and pre-school children ages 3 to 5 years. Barbara Beery holds a bachelor's degree in elementary education from the University of Texas and is an active member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP). Barbara is a bestselling cookbook author, entrepreneur, and experienced spokesperson.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 64 pages
• Publisher: Gibbs Smith (March 7, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1423604172
• ISBN-13: 978-1423604174
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #603,076 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Over the past 20 years Barbara has taught thousands of children through year-round classes, cooking birthday parties and summer cooking camps.

The momentum behind Batter Up Kids, Inc. has led to many other successful ventures including the launch of an innovative website just for kids cooking products called,
http://www.kidscookingshop.com.

Barbara is the author of 11 children's cookbooks including three best-selling cookbooks which have sold over 500,000 copies! Her titles include Pink Princess Cookbook, Mermaids Cookbook, Pink Princess Cookbook, The Texas Longhorns Cookbook, Pink Princess Spa Cookbook, Green Princess Cookbook and Pink Ponies Cookbook.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than the First!, April 8, 2008

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D. Matlack "Guidedog" (in Wild Wyoming) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mermaid Cookbook (Spiral-bound)

Just added this nifty little themed children's cookbook to my collection. I have all of Ms. Beery's books in this series and have given them as gifts with great success. The format is rather successfully designed to interest children in cooking.

All three of the books rely rather heavily on recipes for snacks and deserts. Things that kids are normally attracted to. However the "Mermaid Cookbook", third in the series includes more meal items such as salads and sandwiches and a greater use of fruit. Which gravitates more towards an awareness (albeit an unconcious one for many children.) of better eating habits.

Don't be mistaken or put off that these recipes aren't vegan or part of the trend of tricking kids into eating mystery veggies. Beery is catering towards flavor, so butter and sugar are used in her recipes. However she does suggest the replacement of honey for those moms out there who want to keep a handle on their childrens diets.

Another improvement from the Pink Princess Cookbook (still 5 stars by the way!) is that in both this and the Fairies Cookbook she includes metric and oven conversion charts.

This Cookbook is a Hit for children and adults.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars yummy!, August 31, 2008

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Sandra Fairfield (Wade, North Carolina) - See all my reviews
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I purchased this book for my daughter. The recipes are wonderful and many are healthy. She loves trying the new recipes.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for little girls of all ages, January 1, 2009

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Gina Graczyk (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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I purchased these books for my daughter and me so that we could make some 'cute foods' together even though I am not talented at decorating and such. These are wonderful, easy to use with ingredients you can get at your local grocery store. They include lots of ideas for different bowls and glasses you can serve in to add to the flair. I would highly recommend these for girls ages 4 and up. Teenagers would not necessarily need adult assistance; it's that easy.