Dig in! Julia is baking a yummy cake. But first she has to make sure her ingredients are juuuust right: a cup of flour, a teaspoon of vanilla extract, a pinch of salt (and some more delicious ingredients!), and voila, you’re done.

An early reader series that features complex ideas like gravity, Cubism, metaphor and hyperbole, the What’s the Big Idea series explains big concepts in a simple and relatable way. In For Good Measure, Julia Child bakes a delicious cake, and walks you through the basics of fractions as you discover the joy and satisfaction of cooking.