Holiday Baking & Crafts for Kids

The holidays are quickly approaching.  Check out one of these books for your holiday baking and crafting preparations . . . .

Super Good Cookies for Kids by Duff Goldman

The book teaches budding young bakers how to make dozens of crazy delicious concoctions--from confetti snickerdoodles to unicorn cupcakes to amazing dessert pizzas.

Easy Origami Decorations by Christopher L. Harbo

Handcrafted decorations are just a few folds away! Learn how to turn origami butterflies, swans, and tulips into locker magnets, table decorations, and more.

Kids Can Bake: Recipes for Budding Bakers by Laura Paton

A collection of 30 beautifully illustrated step-by-step recipes which show children how to bake delicious cakes, biscuits, pies, puddings and tarts.

More Books --

Christmas Crafts by Fay Robinson

Creative Christmas Crafts by Karin Andersson

David Atherton's Baking Book of Kids by David Atherton

Delectable Cupcakes with a Side of Science by M.M. Eboch

Disney Princess Tea Parties by Sarah W. Caron

Kids Bake! 100+ Savory and Sweet Recipes by Good Housekeeping

Paper Crafts for Christmas by Randel McGee

Paper Crafts for Thanksgiving by Randel McGee

Super Good: Baking for Kids by Duff Goldman

National Adoption Month: A Teen Fiction Booklist

The month of November is celebrated as National Adoption Month.  So we're sharing books for teens featuring adopted characters.  Here's a few of our favorites . . . .

Yotsuba&! series by Kiyohiko Azuma

The curious and curiouser Yotsuba moves to a new town with her dad. In the process of moving in, Yotsuba encounters things like swingsets and broken door handles, which all bring about a never-ending torrent of questions and shrieks of amazement.

Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey

Jessica, adopted and raised in Pennsylvania, learns that she is descended from a royal line of Romanian vampires and that she is betrothed to a vampire prince, who poses as a foreign exchange student while courting her.

The Possible by Tara Altebrando

A podcaster stirs up seventeen-year-old Kaylee's memories of her birth mother, who is infamous for alleged telekinetic ability and for murdering her own son.

More Books --

The Blood Between Us by Z. Brewer

Chaos and Flame by Tessa Gratton
The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White

The Dysasters by P.C. Cast

Forward Me Back to You by Mitali Perkins

The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be by Shannon Gibney

The How and Why by Cynthia Hand

The Last Wish of Sasha Cade by Cheyanne Young

The Lovely and the Lost by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

More Than We Can Tell by Brigid Kemmerer

The Name She Gave Me by Betty Culley

Nameless by Lili St. Crow

Seriously Wicked by Tiny Connolly

Spy Family series by Tatsuya Enyo