We have a educational program, this would be perfect as additional reading material for our students with these courses.

This book has tips and tricks in order to reduce the amount of sugar in your child's life. My sister and nephews had fun trying some of the recipes.

I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. While I liked the recipes in this book I think that our patrons will be turned off by the title alone and may not pick it up.

I received a free digital download of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

A book full of advice for Anybody who is responsible for a child on how to feed the small people in their lives. Some really good advice as well as plenty of recipes to get those small tastebuds tantalised. I enjoyed the plethora of recipes available for each meal of the day and snacks and would definitely recommend this book for anybody wanting some inspiration on meal ideas!

I highly recommend this book for families that would like to eat more healthy and introduce their children to a more balanced diet.

A 100 family friendly recipes with sugar smart...... All recipes are well explained and easy to make......

After spending some time cooking several of these recipes, I did feel that the directions were easy to follow and the recipes tasty enough even for picky kids. But at the same time, in this modern age, it's hard to appreciate a cookbook without images of the finished dishes, without nutritional information, and with a title that could be very misleading (it's meant for adults cooking for kids, not for kids learning to cook healthier). At the same time, it felt like a lot of the recipes weren't necessarily healthy choices and certainly there's still a lot of sugar (just less processed sugar/sugar carbs such as white bread and white rice). It's an odd mixture that felt confusing.

The recipes are what you would expect kids would appreciate: tried and true from macaroni and cheese to chocolate dipped strawberries, barley soup to stuffed bell peppers. There are some more interesting recipes too - e.g., taco burgers, cottage cheese pancakes, crustless tomato ricotta pie. The selection is thorough and I think it's a great idea to stick more to what kids are used to eating - just cooked in a healthier way. At the same time, there's nothing new here. You can find a lot of these in low carb cookbooks that have a nicer presentation with images and nutritional information included.

The recipes are cleanly listed but with little formatting. Each has a title, preparation time, ingredients list in italics, then directions in chunky paragraphs that can be hard to read since the steps are not numbered and instead grouped together (a trick of cookbook designers to make each recipe look 'easier' and the steps appearing 'quicker'). The only other information is the yield at the end in italics and bold. The recipes follow one after another, rather than each being fully on one page, so be prepared to be going back and forth between pages when cooking some recipes.

In all, it wasn't quite the book I was expecting. It felt like a lot of compromises were made - especially in light of 'appearances' (no nutrition information so healthiness isn't countered, blocky text directions that aren't numbered separately so they look less long, lack of pictures to save printing cost, etc.). That isn't to say the book is bad and that the directions are not easy to follow or appealing to kids. I did enjoy every recipe I cooked. Reviewed from an advance reader copy provided by the publisher.

This was a very well written cookbook. I found the layout to flow well and the recipes were easy to understand and follow along to. I look forward to trying some of them out for my family.

We all know how important it is to reduce our sugar intake but it can be hard, this book gives you tips, tricks and recipes to do just that.

It took me a while to review this book mainly because I wanted to try a few of the recipes before I gave my opinion. I have a foster child who is obese due to the life he lived of convenience store food. I tried a few recipes on him without telling him what kind of cookbook I got it out of and he really enjoyed the food. I changed a ingredients here and there to add foods that he enjoyed and he really didn't know that I was cutting some sugars.

We love this cookbook! There are so many wonderful recipes in this cookbook that are so great. Some are very different, but are fantastic for our family. There are dessert such as orangesicles and treats such as veggie chips as well as some wonderful sandwiches.

Loved the recipes in this, not just for kids in my opinion. I made a few for myself and loved how easy and delicious they were!

There are some tasty and simple recipes in this cookbook but if you're thinking the kids can help cook you may need to revise your thinking. Many of the recipes are not short or easy. I've seem many similar recipes before. The book does make several good points about the amount of sugar Americans consume and these recipes do make a dent in the sugar overload. I received a copy of this ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review.

The Sugar Smart Cookbook for Kids by Georgia Varozza is a wonderful resource for parents trying to feed their children. The book is full of recipes with low sugar content but that still sound really, really good. I can't wait to try some of them. In particular, I thought the breakfast and lunch ideas sound really good. I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher with no obligations. These opinions are entirely my own.

THE SUGAR SMART COOKBOOK FOR KIDS by Georgia Varozza is a good idea, but I was disappointed in the execution. First of all, I remember having a cookbook for kids when I was younger and it was filled with simple, kid-friendly recipes that gave me a real sense of accomplishment when I completed one. This cookbook, however, does not seem to be about kid-friendly production, but rather about recipes which kids would (maybe) consume. The book begins with a section on "finding a better way" which discusses the huge amount of added sugar that we consume and offers brief suggestions about food choices (giving up soda) and making food fun (happy face vegetables). Then, there's typical sections on breakfast, lunch, main dishes, soups, salads, and so on. The first recipe, for example, is Bacon, Potato, and Kale Frittata which I can envision adults enjoying, but it seems to have less kid appeal, right? Banana Peanut Butter Pancakes which appears a bit later seems like a better choice. In each case, the number of servings is listed, but there is no calorie or nutritional content for the recipes. In addition, the preview copy I received had no pictures. 2.5 stars

I received a copy of the Sugar Smart Cookbook for Kids from NetGalley. My son generally doesn’t like recipes meant for babies that I’ve made him, but today I tried the Mac and Cheese recipe from the book for lunch. He really liked it and ate the whole plate. Will definitely make this regularly for him: it’s tasty, and just as easy as boxed mac and cheese (without the cheese powder).

To me not very kid friendly. It had great information but just not enough “kid” ideas. I guess my kids aren’t as high classed or have a mature palate.

I love this book! It is very informative, and my children are loving it. The recipes are simple and easy to follow, and the foods we have made are delicious. I highly recommend this book. It is very helpful for watching the sugar that the children eat.

I had thought this cookbook was for kids to actually cook but it's not, although many of the recipes are simple enough for kids to attempt, they just aren't written specifically for kids.

While the book has some useful information, it's not really new information, especially considering the current popularity of many different low-carb diets. The recipes are also a tad underwhelming; breakfast even includes poached eggs on toast. I only found a couple that I am interested in trying and they don't seem to be lower in sugar - the orange creamsicles are made with a can of frozen juice concentrate mixed with yogurt.

*received free copy from netgalley

I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is a pretty good attempt at taking control of the overwhelming amount of sugar consumed by our children - even the healthy eaters. The book is a good starting point if you're a parent who either uses a lot of pre-made meals for your kids (and in which case, no judgement!) or if you end up using a lot of sugary stuff to placate the little ones and coaxing them into eating. I imagine it's particularly effective as a starting point for American families that tend to use a bit more sugar in general than families in other parts of the Western world.

What this book isn't good for is new ideas for people who are already aware of sugar intake and who tend not to use a lot of it in their cooking anyway. So: great for "beginners", less helpful for people looking to innovate their cooking.