Cooking Up Reading: “providing these tasty connections between [picture] books and food.” “Each recipe is unique, many of them contributed by the authors of the books themselves.” The site includes safety tips and recipes.

See a sample recipe for Chocolate Chip Cookies associated with Edwina the Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know She Was Extinct by Mo Willems (Hyperion, 2006).

Why not suggest a recipe? Have the book and author information ready to go!

The site is authored by Shirley Goodness and Mercy Will of Forney, Texas. Visitors may request specific recipes on CD or DVD for $10. Proceeds will be donated to the authors’ local library.