Stew A Cockatoo, My Aussie Cookbook Ruthie May & Leigh Hobbs (Little Hare)With cooking shows being a star this book is wonderfully well timed. This is just perfect for kids to read and to investigate and then to jump into the kitchen. Mum's and dad's beware - the kids are set to take over the kitchen. As the introduction says ... this is a book for the whole family - kids and oldies alike, full of old-time recipes, with a few new ones added in.
There are recipes for Bush-Pig fairy Bread, Lamingtons, banana benders (especially for the chocoholics), even BBQ burgers.
The book also has terrific Leigh Hobbs illustrations that will bring on more than a few giggles, and to give it an authentic Aussie voice (as if Dinky-di meat Pie wasn’t enough) slang like "arvo-tea" and “fair dinkum" are added. For the purely Aussie twist to chocolate crackles - Roo Doo in a Patty Case is a must. Ripper mate!
365 Awesome Aussie Jokes (Scholastic)Here is a book with a joke for every day of the year ... so be warned. If you give this book as a present this year expect to be hit with a joke or two every day.
What Aussie bird is a master chef? A cook-aburra!
What do you get when you cross a kangaroo with sheep? A woolly jumper!
Why did the cockatoo sit on the clock? So he would be on time!
This book is the annual joke book that supports the wonderful work of Camp Quality ... and just in case your young readers have a joke that is not in here there is also the web or postal address where they can submit jokes that might just end up being published in next year's joke book.
Cook up a treat and giggle as you do with these two books!
