The format and physical book resemble a typical cookbook, down to and including the plastic ribbed binding. The letters are large and easy to read. There is both basic information as many very scrumptious recipes. The recipes are named with an effort to catch the attention of children, and are symbolically coded for nutritional groups. The skill level for the child is noted on each recipe, and both ingredients and equipment are listed.
Instructions are appropriate to the skill level stated for the recipe.
This is children s nutrition brought directly to the child, and is a wonderful resource. Inc. New York, 1987. While this is first authored by a cardiovascular surgeon, the bulk of the book is not at all stuffy. The first part of the book is devoted to a discussion of how nutrition can be accomplished by choosing a good diet. This is definitely for people who seriously want to be good but thought that anything worth eating had to be downright lethal.