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Cookbooks based on Classic Literature

With each of the cookbooks featured on this page, I have matched them up with their classic literature companions. With the picture books, if there is a relevant cookbook to accompany the story, I have also included this below the books. Make family memories and enjoy reading and cooking your way through the classics with your children.
The Little House Cookbook
$15.99 $7.30

The Little House Cookbook: Frontier Foods from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Classic Stories.

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10/06/2025 09:05 am GMT
The Little House series: Beautiful 9-volume Box Set
$89.91 $47.00
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10/06/2025 12:03 pm GMT
Cherry Cake and Ginger Beer
$45.57

If as a child you devoured Enid Blyton's classics like the Famous Five or Malory Towers, or loved to lose yourself in the adventures of Pippi Longstocking or What Katy Did, then CHERRY CAKE AND GINGER BEER is the book for you.

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10/05/2025 11:05 pm GMT
The Famous Five Box Set
$64.99

Complete Collection of 21 Books

The Famous Five Library: Books 1 - 21 Box Set by Enid Blyton.

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10/06/2025 09:03 am GMT
Pippi Longstocking (10 Books Collection)
$1,101.57

Age 7+

This 10-Book collection has been a favourite in our house. Enjoy this classic collection of Pippi and friends.

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10/06/2025 07:09 am GMT
What Katy Did (Virago Modern Classics,What Katy Did)
$11.99 $4.59

Age 9+

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10/06/2025 11:05 am GMT
What Katy Did Next (Virago Modern Classics,What Katy Did)
$19.99 $11.99

Age 9+

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What Katy Did at School (Virago Modern Classics,What Katy Did)
$11.99

Age 9+

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10/06/2025 11:05 am GMT
Unofficial Cookbook for Fans of Willy Wonka
$24.99 $10.67

Mouthwatering Chocolates, Desserts, and Candy Creations—75 Scrumptious Recipes!


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10/06/2025 11:02 am GMT
A Literary Picnic
$28.99

Winnie-the-Pooh, Anne of Green Gables, Thumbelina,The Secret Garden and so much more!

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10/06/2025 06:07 pm GMT
Thumbelina
$25.00


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10/06/2025 10:07 am GMT
The Secret Garden
$16.99

By Frances Hodgson Burnett

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10/06/2025 10:06 am GMT
The Little Women Cookbook
$15.21

Novel Takes on Classic Recipes from Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy and Friends.

Join the March family for joyous Christmas breakfasts, lovely lunches, scrumptious desserts, and more!

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10/06/2025 09:05 am GMT
Little Women
$12.50 $9.11

By Louisa May Alcott

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10/06/2025 04:04 am GMT
Jane Austen's Table
$19.99 $11.11

Recipes Inspired by the Works of Jane Austen (Literary Cookbooks)

A gorgeous collection of more than 50 thematic recipes inspired by the people and places in Jane Austen’s novels.

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10/06/2025 04:03 am GMT
Jane Austen Complete 7 Books Collection Box Set
$36.99 $32.00

Titles include: Mansfield Park, Persuasion, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Sanditon and Other Tales

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10/06/2025 03:03 am GMT
Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
$27.00 $16.50

A Book-to-Table Classic

A deluxe, full-color hardback edition of the perennial Jane Austen classic featuring a selection of recipes for tea-time treats by the one and only Martha Stewart!

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10/06/2025 03:03 am GMT
Pride and Prejudice
$18.00 $12.99

By Jane Austen

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10/06/2025 07:10 am GMT
Anne of Green Gables Cookbook
$19.99 $12.94

The Anne of Green Gables Cookbook: Charming Recipes from Anne and Her Friends in Avonlea. Hardcover.

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10/06/2025 08:04 pm GMT
Dinner with Dickens: Recipes inspired by the life and work of Charles Dickens
$57.03

Dinner with Dickens celebrates the food of Victorian England by recreating dishes the author wrote about with such gusto, and enjoyed in real life. Food in the novels not only creates character and comedy, but is also a means of highlighting social issues. Includes fascinating insights into housekeeping, entertaining, and social history.

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10/06/2025 12:15 am GMT
Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol
$25.00 $21.00

A Book-to-Table Reading Experience.

A deluxe, full-color hardback edition of the perennial Christmas classic featuring a selection of recipes for your table.

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10/05/2025 11:05 pm GMT
A Christmas Carol

By Charles Dickens

Beautiful Picture Book Edition

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A Christmas Carol
$8.95

The Illustrated Christmas Carol: 200th Anniversary Edition.

By Charles Dickens


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10/06/2025 07:03 pm GMT
The Secret Garden Cookbook
$19.99 $18.10

Newly Revised Edition: Inspiring Recipes from the Magical World of Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden

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10/06/2025 09:07 am GMT
The Secret Garden
$16.99

By Frances Hodgson Burnett

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10/06/2025 10:06 am GMT
The Emily Dickinson Cookbook
$19.99 $15.07

Recipes from Emily's Table Alongside the Poems That Inspire Them.


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10/06/2025 09:03 am GMT
The Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson
$19.99 $9.99

Explore the essence of life, love, nature, and time in exquisite verse with this elegantly designed edition of Emily Dickinson’s finest poems.

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Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all things for the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 10:31

Picture Books about Cooking, Food & Nutrition

Who doesn’t love Bluey and Bingo? One of the funniest Bluey episodes I have seen is where they are “helping” mum to make pancakes in order to bring breakfast in bed to Dad. Any parent who has shared the kitchen with little ones will relate to this one. Relive this episode and other favourites in this delightful, “Fancy Restaurant” Cookbook by Bluey and Bingo 🥞
Bluey and Bingo's Fancy Restaurant Cookbook: Yummy Recipes, Real Life
$14.99 $9.14


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10/05/2025 11:03 pm GMT
You Are What You Eat (Cubs to Bears)
$14.99

Children learn about how nutrients, vitamins, and minerals are formed, soil health, how seeds grow into plants, the process of photosynthesis, and how eating healthy can make you grow as big as a Bear.

Includes a FREE downloadable lesson plan which prompts children to think critically about the relationship between food and health.

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10/06/2025 07:09 am GMT
Blueberries for Sal
$7.99 $5.59

Blueberries for Sal - Robert McCloskey. Enjoy this heartwarming classic picture book and pair with the companion gifts below.

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10/05/2025 11:01 pm GMT
Blueberries for Sal Cookbook
$14.99 $10.97

Blueberries for Sal Cookbook: Sweet Recipes Inspired by the Beloved Children's Classic.

Don't forget to include a few punnets of blueberries when gifting this lovely book.

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10/05/2025 11:03 pm GMT
The Winnie-the-Pooh Cookbook
$20.99 $11.05

Forty years after its original publication, this updated and beautifully redesigned cookbook features quotes from the original books and Ernest H. Shepard's beloved drawings, which leap off the pages in full color.

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10/06/2025 10:04 am GMT
Mastering the Art of French Cooking
$110.00 $41.87

By Julia Child: 2-volume set.

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10/06/2025 06:02 am GMT
French Children Don't Throw Food
$19.07

A humorous memoir of the observations of cultural differences between French, British and American children are how they are raised and educated. I really enjoyed this one!

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10/06/2025 02:09 am GMT
Secret Pizza Party
$18.99 $10.96
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10/06/2025 07:12 am GMT
The Boy Who Wanted to Cook
$16.37

Ten-year-old Pierre longs to follow in the culinary footsteps of his father.

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10/06/2025 08:06 am GMT
Mountain Chef
$21.78

How One Man Lost His Groceries, Changed His Plans, and Helped Cook Up the National Park Service


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10/06/2025 07:09 am GMT
Stone Soup
$17.99 $10.99

The favorite tale of a selfish community who is tricked into creating a delicious soup from stones. Set in China in Muth's hauntingly beautiful watercolors.

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