It's getting cold and rainy outside, meaning the kids are stuck inside. How will you keep them occupied? Cooking of course! Here is a great collection of cookbooks perfect for little chefs that will have them cooking up a storm in no time! And hey, maybe they'll even take over all the cooking and you can put your feet up . . .

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Lunch at 10 Pomegranate Street by Felicita Sala

In each apartment, someone is preparing a special dish to share with their neighbours. Mr Singh is making coconut dahl with his daughter while Maria mashes some avocados for her guacamole. Will everything be ready on time?

Written and magnificently illustrated by Felicita Sala, this glorious celebration of community is filled with recipes from all over the world and simple instructions perfect for young chefs. Lunch at 10 Pomegranate Street is a visual feast to share and delight in.

Fresh by Stephanie Alexander

For the last 20 years, Stephanie Alexander, Australia's most respected cook and food writer, has been encouraging our children to develop a deep love of good food. Through the Kitchen Garden Foundation, she has helped more than 1000 Australian schools and many thousands of families learn the simple but profound pleasures of the garden, the kitchen and the table.

In Fresh, she shares over 120 recipes, most of them vegetable based. These are recipes that primary-aged children have cooked with flair and shared with enjoyment, upending the notion that kids don't like veggies and creating a generation of passionate and accomplished home cooks.

Kid Kitchen by Heather Staller

Kid Kitchen empowers children to cook their favorite foods their way and all on their own, fostering independence, confidence and a lifetime of healthy eating habits! As a mom, food blogger and kids cooking class instructor, Heather Staller is experienced in guiding children of all ages through the joys of learning to cook. In this book she shares creative ways to make the foods they love using wholesome, nutritious ingredients. Heather also provides tips and ideas to set kids up for success in the kitchen, including tutorials for safely using knives, the stove, the oven and more.

Let’s Make Bread! by Ken Forkish, Sarah Becan

Forkish and Becan provide valuable tips for the first-time breadmaker, from the necessary equipment and ingredients to the basic eight-step bread method. They explain how to start, feed, maintain, and share a sourdough starter and include valuable troubleshooting tips for temperature, dough texture, proofing, and more. They also present seventeen gold-standard recipes for both traditional and customizable loaves, including The Saturday Bread, The Standard, Corn Kernel Bread, and Raisin-Pecan Bread, and more!

Pairing foolproof techniques and recipes with an exciting and inviting comic format, Let’s Make Bread! is an enjoyable guide to making your own perfect loaf at home.

Noodles, Rice, and Everything Spice by Christina de Witte and Mallika Kauppinen

From an exciting all-female, all-Thai team, Noodles, Rice, and Everything Spice combines easy-to-follow comic book panels with pops of vibrant food photography to perfectly capture the bright, colorful flavors and ingredients that are crucial to Thai cuisine.

Noodles, Rice, and Everything Spice showcases real Thai food from the country’s distinct culinary regions. With recipes divided into six delectable sections for any meal or mood of the day, discover how to make world-class snacks and starters, or iconic noodle dishes as well as some lesser-known regional favorites to pair with rice.

Pancakes! by Lotta Nieminen

Cook pancakes from scratch inside this interactive recipe book – readers whisk the eggs, flip the pancakes, and more!

Simple, straightforward recipe text brings readers through each step of cooking pancakes, while the interactive novelty features, such as pull-tabs, wheels, and a punch-out piece, invite them to participate in the process. Cooking pancakes has never been so satisfying nor so clean! Perfect for young chefs-to-be, or any kid who prefers to do it themself.

Also available: Spaghetti!, Pizza!, Tacos! and Cookies!

Let’s Cook by Buddy Oliver

Available 16 July

Inspired by life in a food-loving family, Buddy Oliver's first cookbook is a user-friendly resource for parents to enjoy with their children.

Featuring 60+ exciting recipes that are fun to make, delicious to tuck into and written with beginners in mind, Let's Cook is a fantastic tool for building kitchen confidence through flavour-packed food that the whole family can enjoy.

Buddy's cookbook takes children (and parents!) on a real adventure through a whole rainbow of tasty dishes, and builds on their cooking skills, supported by simple recipe methods and enticing food photography.