New Releases by Lisa Wagner

Introduces cooking terms, techniques, and utensils and provides easy-to-follow recipes for six traditional Mexican dishes.

Introduces cooking terms, techniques, and utensils and offers easy-to prepare recipes for Italian meals and side dishes.

Give up-and-coming chefs a chance to explore the foods of France! Cool French Cooking introduces readers to world geography and authentic, easy-to-make recipes that taste great. Cooking teaches kids about food, math and measuring, and following directions. Each kid-tested recipe includes step-by-step instructions and how-to photos. Tools and ingredients lists are also provided, as well as pronunciation guides when needed. So grab an apron and prepare for a tasty adventure! Checkerboard Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

Give up-and-coming chefs a chance to explore the foods of Middle East! Cool Middle Eastern Cooking introduces readers to world geography and authentic, easy-to-make recipes that taste great. Cooking teaches kids about food, math and measuring, and following directions. Each kid-tested recipe includes step-by-step instructions and how-to photos. Tools and ingredients lists are also provided, as well as pronunciation guides when needed. So grab an apron and prepare for a tasty adventure! Checkerboard Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

Give up-and-coming chefs a chance to explore the foods of China and Japan! Cool Chinese & Japanese Cooking introduces readers to world geography and authentic, easy-to-make recipes that taste great. Cooking teaches kids about food, math and measuring, and following directions. Each kid-tested recipe includes step-by-step instructions and how-to photos. Tools and ingredients lists are also provided, as well as pronunciation guides when needed. So grab an apron and prepare for a tasty adventure! Checkerboard Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

Give up-and-coming chefs a chance to explore the foods of Africa! Cool African Cooking introduces readers to world geography and authentic, easy-to-make recipes that taste great. Cooking teaches kids about food, math and measuring, and following directions. Each kid-tested recipe includes step-by-step instructions and how-to photos. Tools and ingredients lists are also provided, as well as pronunciation guides when needed. So grab an apron and prepare for a tasty adventure! Checkerboard Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

This book contains delicious and nutritious recipes perfect for sleepovers. The recipes include caramel corn, dips, sloppy Joes, chili, punch, ice cream and cookies pie, hot fudge, and bagel faces. Also included in this title are full-color photos of tools and ingredients, explanations of common cooking terms, step-by-step instructions, tips and variations, a glossary and an index.

Presents a collection of recipes designed to inspire experimentation and includes information on basic cooking techniques, tools needed, and ingredients.

This book contains delicious and nutritious recipes perfect for lunches. The recipes include sub sandwiches, egg-salad, tuna-salad, fruit, cheese, and meat kabobs, trail mix, and pasta salad. Also included in this title are full-color photos of tools and ingredients, explanations of common cooking terms, step-by-step instructions, tips and variations, a glossary and an index.

Presents a collection of pizza recipes designed to inspire experimentation and includes information on basic cooking techniques, tools needed, and ingredients.

This book contains delicious and nutritious recipes perfect for fiestas. The recipes include guacamole, salsas, tacos, nachos, burritos, layered dip, quesadillas, and enchiladas. Also included in this title are full-color photos of tools and ingredients, explanations of common cooking terms, step-by-step instructions, tips and variations, a Spanish and English glossary and an index.

Kids love to cook! They will have fun learning about and making delicious and nutritious recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, sweets and special occasions. Basic cooking techniques, tools and ingredients are illustrated so kids can quickly see what is needed to prepare each recipe. Each book contains kid-tested cool recipes that will inspire young cooks to experiment with their own ideas.

Twenty stories highlighting Mrs. Smith's nursing career, each with a Life Lesson at the end.

Introduces young readers to cool craft projects to stimulate individual creativity.

Kids love to make stuff! This fun and creative series introduces young readers to cool craft projects in an easy-to-read format featuring step-by-step instructions with accompanying photographs to guide the process. Each book highlights projects to attain a fundamental grasp of the medium and to stimulate individual creativity.