Little Country Cottage: A Winter Treasury of Recipes, Crafts and Wisdom

By Author / Illustrator

Angela Ferraro-Fanning, AnneliesDraws

Genre

Non Fiction

Age range(s)

Publisher

The Ivy Press

ISBN

9780711267039

Format

Paperback / softback

Published

07-09-2021

Synopsis

This charmingly illustrated seasonal treasury of nature-based crafts, baking recipes and gardening projects for the winter celebrates the country cottage lifestyle with self-sufficient and eco-friendly fun. Locally printed on 100% recycled paper, Little Country Cottage: A Winter Treasury of Recipes, Crafts and Wisdom offers:

Easy yet delicious winter recipes and treats that introduce young readers to local and seasonal eating. From berry cookies, to hot cocoa recipes to warm up after a winter walk, the easy-to-make recipes will inspire kids to get into the kitchen.

Suggestions for using up unloved parts of produce, such as carrot tops to make a kitchen windowsill garden, demonstrate a naturally zero-waste way of living.

Accessible and fun crafts, such as making salt-dough ornaments and foraged foliage wreaths, have instructions broken down into clear steps illustrated in AnneliesDraws' cute and wholesome style.

The seasonal gardening and growing projects, such as planting bare root berry bushes in the ground or in containers, can be done in a big back yard or on a balcony, making this eco-friendly activity book a fun resource, whether readers are based in town or country.

Woven alongside the cooking, crafting and planting projects are little snippets of seasonal information and self-sufficient wisdom from homesteading teacher Angela Fanning of Axe and Root Homestead, with a focus on enjoying and celebrating the best of what the winter season has to offer.

Find even more nature-centered seasonal fun in: Little Country Cottage: An Autumn Treasury of Recipes, Crafts and Wisdom.

Ivy Kids brings you beautiful, sustainably printed books to rewild your child, nurture creativity, and foster a deep connection with the living world. Winner of the Sustainability Award at the Independent Publishers Awards 2022, Ivy Kids books are planet-friendly, printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper, locally to where they will be sold.

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Reviews

Little Country Cottage: A Winter Treasury of Recipes, Crafts and Wisdom is a lovely book to delve into the delights of winter with! This book sets the wintery scene for its reader with information about life in this typically cold season. It starts with an introduction to the season explaining some of the festivities we can enjoy over the winter period as well as how we can indulge in the crops we may have grown and stored earlier in the year.

The contents page at the beginning of the book clearly lays out where to find different crafts to have a go at, a range of factual information about winter as well as tasty recipes to try throughout the season. The book is heavily illustrated which allows younger children to access it more easily and could make it more appealing for slightly older children too. It allows them to pick it up sporadically, choosing different pages to enjoy each time. The recipes and crafts are also presented clearly and are accessible for all with clear, simple steps to follow as well as diagrams to support children's understanding.

32 Pages / Reviewed by Lucy Newton, teacher