Thank you for letting me review this book. At first I was hesitant because I thought it would be too simple, or too basic, since it was premised on baking bread with kids. However, I found it insightful, and informative, and very well written. The techniques are universal, regardless of ages involved in the process. The explanations are thorough and well explained. The author presents not only some interesting and unusual bread recipes but also includes various accompaniments such as butters and jams and other toppings. Photos of the results are both mouth watering and inspiring. This would be a good book for reference whenever the urge to make wonderful bread arises!

I loved Bonnie Ohara's first book and have one well worn physical copy, plus one in kindle format. Her instructions are clear and easy to follow. I was extra excited to see this, which is geared towards baking with children. Baking with kids is intimidating for some, but Ohara really makes it simple. A great addition to any household with budding young bakers.

The recipes appear easy to follow and are in well organized sections. Some of them are more appealing than others, which is the same in any recipe book. The tortillas, naan, and pita seem easy to do without extra equipment.

The photos could use some work. In one of the very first photos, one of the adults has what seems to be dark grime under her nails. Once I saw that, of course my gaze was drawn to the fingernails in every photo. Most were fine and showed normal bread making dough on them, but not all.

Synopsis (from Netgalley, the provider of the book for me to review.)
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Celebrate the surprisingly joyous intersection of baking and learning in a family cookbook from the bestselling author of Bread Baking for Beginners

Bonnie Ohara is an entrepreneurial baker and author of the bestseller, Bread Baking for Beginners, which answered so many readers’ needs for a baking bible during the pandemic. She is also a homeschooling mother of three, and a naturally gifted teacher with a keen and creative take on how to turn a practical activity, like baking, into a valuable educational experience. This is the unique promise of Let’s Bake Bread!—a cookbook for families with kids ages three and up filled with delicious, foundational, foolproof recipes for baking that double as teaching opportunities for everything from organization and sensory awareness to history, science, math, and nutrition.

Starting with a soft, enriched and very forgiving “cloud” dough, Let’s Bake Bread! coordinates both its recipes and lessons for a baker’s age and experience, with annotations for the parents helping in the kitchen. Kids three and up will quickly be making Snail Rolls, On the Run Energy Buns, and Fluffy French Milk Bread—and Raspberry Jam to go with it—all the while improving their fine motor skills and learning organization and patience. Within a few years, they’ll be tackling a leaner “adventure” dough—perfect for pizza, focaccia, and flatbreads—with lessons that focus on the seasons and include weather observation and journaling. Next up, breads around the world—pita, naan, tortillas, and more—with insights on history and culture, culminating, for kids twelve and up, in the holy grail for all home bakers, sourdough.

Baking with your kids, even just a couple of times a month, instills lessons in patience and mindfulness while modeling critical thinking, creativity, and curiosity. Not to mention teaching, say, division and multiplication in such tangible ways that they’ll stick forever. And, at the end of the day, there’s delicious bread to enjoy! What could be better?

It has been proven that kids who help with making the food that they eat are more likely to eat it and this book will teach some great skills (fractions and cooking go together like peas and carrots!) and be some quality family time in the kitchen and will help build kitchen skills in adults and their children. . I always loved feeding the sourdough as a kid and like everyone else, made sourdough during COVID lockdown – I gave away my starter though as we were eating so much bread that the numbers on the scales kept going up. (It didn’t help that we made our own butter to go with it!)

There are great ideas in here for teaching opportunities along with some great bread coming out of the oven: I will recommend it to families and singletons who are afraid of trying to bake bread, and I know a lot of them come through our doors.
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I really liked this one and will be purchasing this one too share with my children when it comes out.
I liked how it talks about using baking to help with feelings and having patience and overcoming imperfections.
My daughter and I made the rainbow bread and loved it!

Thanks NetGalley for this ARC.