To Stir With Love is an ode to grandmothers and grandchildren everywhere and the bond that comes with the simple act of cooking together.
illustrated by Jess Racklyeft
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication date: 2nd October 2024
Genre: Children's Picture Book
Pages: 32
RRP: AU$24.99 (hardcover)
Source: Courtesy of the publisher
Narrated through the eyes of a young girl as she tells the reader what she does on Mondays when she visits her grandmother. We learn all about Grandma's scrumpti-licious cake and how the recipe has been handed down from grandmothers to granddaughters through the generations.
Follow our little narrator and her grandma as they go through the recipe for Grandma's special, scrumptious cake, as her small hands and Grandma's old, sure hands work together, side by side.
To Stir With Love is a truly heart-warming story about the special connection between a grandmother and her grandchild and how baking together is a lovely bonding experience that will be remembered for the rest of a child's life.
To Stir With Love is filled with Jess Racklyeft's endearing water-colour washes in beautiful pinks, greens and yellows.
It took a second reading for me to notice the pictures hanging on Grandma's walls are actual real photos. A delightful and touching addition to the story!
There is a recipe for Grandma's everything cake at the end of the book.
My rating 5 / 5 🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂
Recommended age: 4 - 8 years.
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