Here’s an idea for your next book club catch-up:
Many children’s books include the characters eating something, and some authors even make a point of including recipes at the back of the book. Your book club meeting could involve making the food together, or you could organise for everyone who is able to bring a plate of related food to share. Check allergies first, though. (If your club is virtual, you can still make something and eat “together” virtually.)
Some ideas:
Just A Pinch of Magic by Alechia Dow includes recipes
Belinda Murrell’s Lulu Bell series: make moon biscuits or any animal shaped or themed food.
Harry Potter: “pumpkin” pasties, “pumpkin” juice (could be pretend pumpkin using food colouring for fussy eaters), “butterbeer” (a quick Google search will bring up dozens of recipes you can try).
Other food-themed books:
A Spoonful of Time by Flora Ahn
Love Sugar Magic series by Anna Meriano
A Baker’s Guide To Robber Pie by Caitlin Sangster
Do your children participate in a book club? Tell us about some of the details in the comments below, or brainstorm ideas with us!
📷Pexels: Mikhail Nilov – a woman in purple cooking with two children wearing brown aprons and chefs’ hats
Elle Carter Neal is the author of the middle-grade chapter book The Convoluted Key, picture book I Own All the Blue, and teen science-fantasy novel Madison Lane and the Wand of Rasputin. She has been telling stories for as long as she can remember, holding childhood slumber-party audiences entranced until the early hours of the morning. Elle decided to be an author the day she discovered that real people wrote books and that writing books was a real job.