Little Food Explorer: Northumberland - Activity Pack
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Product details
Castles, Kitchens & Starlit Skies. Read, cook and discover with the expanded 80-page edition of Little Food Explorer: Northumberland. This illustrated story and activity book brings coastal castles, Roman clues, woodland discoveries and North East food traditions to your kitchen table. For ages 8–12 with an adult helper.
Follow Mila, Theo and Aunt Jo through twelve connected adventures, then turn each story into a discovery of your own. Large illustrated scenes, character moments, nature details and carefully laid-out recipe pages give the book the feel of a family magazine, with plenty of room for children to draw, notice and think.
Inside the 80-page book
- 12 original, connected stories with full-page scene illustrations and 12 accompanying notebook moments.
- 4 regional recipe adaptations: Mini Stottie-style Rolls, Pease Pudding Picnic Pots, Northumberland Pan Haggerty and Singin’ Hinny Griddle Cakes.
- 32 illustrated cooking stages with ingredients, equipment, adult and child roles, ready checks, allergen guidance and storage notes.
- 4 illustrated kitchen investigations with predictions, observations and space to record discoveries.
- 12 illustrated discovery activities: plan a castle courtyard, draw a scribe’s spiral, solve a Roman food-order puzzle, examine archaeological layers, compare dark-sky panels, plan woodland habitats, follow water power, read contours, repair a pretend tide graph, watch water climb paper, balance a picnic budget and create a Northumberland postcard.
- 33 newly created illustrations across the cover, story scenes, food portraits, nature and object details, and kitchen investigations, alongside the step-by-step cooking pictures.
- A combined shopping list, equipment guide, session planner, explorer passport, answer guidance, family sharing activity and completion certificate.
A little adventure, whenever you choose
Read a chapter together, cook one recipe or choose a short activity. Children practise measuring, observation, reasoning and creative thinking as they explore themes inspired by Bamburgh Castle, Lindisfarne, Housesteads and Hadrian’s Wall, the Cheviots, Kielder’s dark skies and Cragside. Every practical activity works at home; travel, tickets and tasting are not required.
Your download
One 80-page A4 PDF. Read on screen or print the pages you want to use. Worksheets are designed for handwriting. The product gallery shows actual pages from this edition. This is a digital download; no physical book, ingredients or equipment are included.
Adult help is essential. Adults handle heat, sharp tools and other marked tasks, check ingredient labels and allergies, and confirm safe cooking and serving temperatures. Keep devices away from food, water and heat.
The characters and stories are fictional; named Northumberland places are real. Invented learning models are labelled and are not travel or crossing guidance. The pretend tide graph must never be used for real crossings or water activities. Recipes are source-informed family adaptations of North East traditions, desk-reviewed but not physically kitchen-tested. Images are AI-created illustrations, not documentary photographs or exact views.
Licence: personal and household use. Print for your own household; do not resell or redistribute. Contact Quesbo for school, club or commercial use.
