For finicky eaters, I prescribe 'Eddie's Kitchen'. Independent on Sunday The perfect way to introduce a five or six year old to helping make a few simple but satisfying dishes. Spectator Eddie's Garden was a great favourite and here comes another story-cum-how-to book that is even better. A rattling good narrative runs hand in hand with receipes. The illustrations, showing us a normal chaotic family kitchen rather than a sanatised version, ooze affection. School Librarian This delightful book deserves to have a huge following, in families as well as in the classroom. Books for Keeps

Sarah Garland is a much-loved author/illustrator who has published more than 40 books. The daughter of a publisher and illustrator, she trained as a typographer at the London College of Printing. She has written many books for children, and also books for adults on herbs and their uses. During her childhood in the New Forest and in recent years she has concentrated on growing a very wide variety of herbs to use in her kitchen, and to treat minor ailments. She lives in Chedworth, Gloucestershire. Her books for Frances Lincoln are Eddie's Garden and Eddie's Kitchen; Going to Playschool, Doing the Garden, Going Swimming, Coming to Tea, Doing the Shopping, Doing Christmas, Having a Picnic and Doing the Washing; Billy and Belle; Dashing Dog; Splash and Zoom.