As part of our 31 Picture Books For Homeschooling All Ages series, we have chosen kids’ books with vivid language, interesting stories and striking artwork to appeal to every person in your family. Fannie In The Kitchen is one of our favorites!
Our book posts also include a few activities — some simple, some more involved — for your entire family to enjoy together. Or not! Reading the book is enough in itself if that is all you want to do.
Snuggle up and enjoy a picture book or two together as a family. It may be the highlight of your day.
Fannie In The Kitchen Picture Book Details
Book: Fannie in the Kitchen
Author: Steven Schnur
Illustrator: Stacey Schuett
Fannie in the Kitchen
Olivia quickly took to this book and proclaimed it a favorite. We had to read it over and over. The book tells the story of Fannie Farmer from The Fannie Farmer Cookbook fame.
In the story Fannie becomes cook for the Shaw family and eventually wins over even the toughest critic — Marcia Shaw with her excellent cooking and friendly ways. Marcia becomes a good helper in the kitchen, which is handy as Fanny moves on to bigger things at the Boston Cooking School and eventually writes her well-known cookbook.
This semi-biographical story is told in delightful prose with fun pen and watercolor illustrations and includes a griddle cakes recipe.
Fannie In The Kitchen Homeschool Activities
#1 – Make griddle cakes of course! Give the recipe from the back of the book a try.
#2 – For Mom, Dad, or older kids this documentary of Fannie’s Last Supper looks really fascinating. A team of chefs try to recreate cooking a twelve course Victorian dinner just as Fannie would have done. You can see the preview here.
Fannie’s Last Supper from DGA Productions on Vimeo.
#3 – The Kids Cooking Activities Blog has cooking lessons broken down by age group. If you have a little one really interested in learning kitchen skills and cooking this is a great place to start.
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