Having eaten a 100% raw food diet for three years, I was interested in how raw food recipes would be presented to elementary students.  Raw food “cooking” typically requires using kitchen equipment like blenders and juicers…which need close adult supervision.  A two page spread on The Basics covers getting permission from an adult, clean hands, tie back hair, tips on be prepared for the recipe and never working alone in the kitchen.  Photographs of  the tools (blender, whisk, grater, baking sheet) needed for the recipes in this book are helpful for emergent kitchen users.  However, given the targeted audience of upper elementary school-aged kids,  most of the “tools” pictured  would be insulting…such as a fork, plate, small bowl, sharp knife, paper towels, etc.  I did like the two page spread of photos of all the ingredients used in the recipes, as well as the photo definitions of cooking terms such as “coat”, “chop”, “dice”, etc.  The  eight recipes included give a nice variety for main meals, snacks and desserts.  Glossary includes words, again, unnecessary for this audience…”towel”, “permission”, “option”.