Lunch at 10 Pomegranate Street is bound to be a favourite in every child’s house, giving, as it does, ten recipes for delicious food to cook and share. This book is a celebration of community filled with recipes from all over the world and simple instructions perfect for young chefs. There is much more to this book than recipes … Across these few recipes are so many new flavours or tastes I’d given up trying on my daughter … Felicita Sala, I salute you. One of her books was included in The New York Times’ Best Illustrated Picture Books of 2018, and in 2020 she won the Premio Andersen award in Italy for best illustrator. Mr Singh is making coconut dahl with his daughter while Maria mashes some avocados for her guacamole.

I was at my last school for 4 years and we had ********* book fairs every term – and every term, I was disappointed by the narrow range of books. Part biography of an apartment block’s inhabitants, part children’s recipe book, each highly evocative illustration depicts a different resident or family in their kitchen preparing a dish . It seems such an obvious creation, yet there is so much to discover, learn from and create from ‘ Lunch at 10 Pomegranate Street’. Yesterday a parent came over to tell me how impressed she was by the book fair and that you did a fabulous job of selling the books to the children first. They would also only drop off a case of books and leave us to run it – it was so lovely to have you on hand to chat to the children and recommend them books, as well as the small (but appreciated!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. A gorgeous way to share recipes from around the world with children, Lunch at 10 Pomegranate Street serves up an array of flavours from the residents of each apartment with simple instructions and tasty ingredients to inspire even reluctant tasters to step into the kitchen. This eye-catching, mouth-watering cookbook beautifully evokes the joy of food and its power to unite. Yourself and Bob are much cherished in our booky world and I personally really appreciate everything that you do.

This is a delightful book full of a range of recipes from diverse cultures and cuisines - it has beautiful illustrations and is perfect for adults and children to share together - and inspire some tasty meals!The deep, soft colours, the wonderful faces and rooms, are so detailed and interesting, it’s almost as if each picture is just waiting to be walked into . I have even talked the head into a little revamp of the library so that we can display them properly! What a delectable treat of a picture book … this would be a wonderful book to share with a class as part of a project on food, or diversity and culture.

The recipes are irresistible and children would enjoy finding out about their provenance as well as making them. You guys are such a force for good and I am a passionate supporter of Indie booksellers, so I'm so happy this worked out well (I'd love to know how many books were sold if you have it to hand - it felt like quite a lot! A glorious celebration of community, filled with recipes from all over the world and simple instructions perfect for young chefs, a visual feast to share and delight in.Beautifully depicting an apartment building with people cooking food from all over the world … Really uplifting and charming. Every page in this book has detailed illustrations with simple recipes that the children can follow. The illustrations are charming and colourful, and the recipes are delicious … This easy cookbook comes highly recommended for foodies of all ages. Bronnie is so lovely with the boys and we also felt that having a man enthusing about the books set a great example.