Enjoy these Alphabet Soup favorites, which feature classic children’s authors, posts readers especially liked, and posts I had the most fun creating. 🙂

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

alcott’s little women: a pair of poems and yummy gingerbread

[review and recipe] a little women christmas by heather vogel frederick and bagram ibatoulline

BEATRIX POTTER

[festive review + recipe] Peter Rabbit: Christmas is Coming

[review and recipes] V&A Introduces: Beatrix Potter by Katie Woolley and Ginnie Hsu

[review and recipe] Beatrix Potter, Scientist by Lindsay H. Metcalf and Junyi Wu

something to quack about: Beatrix Potter’s Jemima Puddle-Duck

[review + yummy cake recipe] Saving the Countryside: The Story of Beatrix Potter and Peter Rabbit by Linda E. Marshall and Ilaria Urbinati

lettuce celebrate easter with beatrix potter’s flopsy bunnies (+ 2 recipes!)

a little tale of beatrix potter and canon hardwicke rawnsley (+ a recipe for Lakeland Lemon Bread)

[catTEA review] The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots by Beatrix Potter and Quentin Blake

beatrix part one: a review of Beatrix Potter and the Unfortunate Tale of a Borrowed Guinea Pig + other guinea pig musings

beatrix part two: of guinea pigs, nursery rhymes and cupcakes

[whiskery review + recipe] The World of Peter Rabbit: Peter’s Nature Walk

mrs. twiggy-winkle comes to tea (+ recipe for Littletown-Farm Carrot Cookies)

SUSAN BRANCH

holiday grab bag: Susan Branch’s Home for Christmas, Cranberry Tea Cake, and a poem

Celebrating Susan Branch’s Latest Books with Tasty Words, Pics, and Potato Chip Cookies

a little taste of susan branch’s a fine romance + lemon butter cookies

BRITISH ROYALTY

royalTEA: mr. cornelius meets the Queen (with Darren McGrady’s chocolate biscuit cake!)

[poem + 3 recipes] Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee

DOWNTON ABBEY

another cup of Downton Abbey Tea (+ ginger biscuits)

Macaroons and Madeleines from The Official Downton Abbey Cookbook

a fond farewell to Downton Abbey

shortbread and scones from The Unofficial Downton Abbey Cookbook

a little downton abbey valentine

kitTEA: in which we nibble on tuna and meow about chris kelly’s Downton Tabby

a spot of downton tea with rock cakes

squeak peek for the week: mouseton abbey

another cup of downton tea with chocolate madeleines

EMILY DICKINSON

[review + editor chat] Poetry for Kids: Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson’s Poetry of Flowers

[poesy + receipts] Three Cups of Tea with Miss Emily

Chatting with Burleigh Muten about Miss Emily

MAIRA KALMAN

love me some Cake by Maira Kalman and Barbara Scott-Goodman (+ recipe for Lemon Pound Cake)

Maira Kalman’s Ah-hA to Zig-Zag, a cool puzzle, and the cutest eyebrows on earth

maira kalman’s thomas jefferson: life, liberty and the pursuit of everything (and oh yes, apple pudding)

in which jules and jama conduct their dream interview with maira kalman

honest abe is a babe: maira kalman looks at lincoln

spreading a little maira love

JULIA CHILD

Born Hungry: Julia Child Becomes “the French Chef” by Alex Prud’homme and Sarah Green 

Chatting with Author Erin Hagar about Julia Child: An Extraordinary Life in Words and Pictures

Author Chat: Kyo Maclear on Julia, Child

Julia’s Recipe for Love

julia’s cherry clafouti and a side of ham

birthday treat: jessie hartland on bon appétit!: the delicious life of Julia Child

lapping up minette’s feast with susanna reich and amy bates 

JC 100th Birthday Week: the queen of cuisine and her favorite chocolate cake

MUSIC CRUSHES

weekend feast: one bob dylan, one birthday, one meat ball (+ recipe)

[songs + recipe] Celebrating Paul McCartney’s 80th Birthday

Celebrating Paul McCartney’s 74th Birthday with Linda’s Lemon Drizzle Cake

fangirling about Sonny and Cher (+ a recipe)

Clements Brothers blues

PADDINGTON BEAR

five paws up for paddington bear’s apple tart

[festive review + recipe] Paddington’s Christmas Post by Michael Bond and R.W. Alley

[sticky review] Paddington’s Easter Egg Hunt by Michael Bond and Karen Jankel, with art by R.W. Alley

[spooky review] Paddington’s Trick or Treat by Michael Bond and R.W. Alley

please look after Love from Paddington by Michael Bond. thank you.

[chat + recipe] Please Look After Michael Bond Biographer Rosanne Tolin. Thank you.

please look after author and illustrator r.w. alley. thank you.

Please Look After Michael Bond on His 90th Birthday. Thank You.

OTHER CLASSIC CHILDREN’S BOOKS AND AUTHORS

[review + recipe] Fanny in France by Alice Waters and Ann Arnold

Madeline, Anne Shirley, Eloise (3 Spunky Cups of Christmas Tea)

Anne of Green Gables Valentine’s Day: of love, longing, and liniment cake: a sweet treat from the anne of green gables cookbook

Celebrating 40 Years of Brambly Hedge with Apple Cake

Two Yummy Recipes from The Tasha Tudor Family Cookbook

celebrating colin’s birthday with 2 treats from The Secret Garden Cookbook

[review + recipe} The Secret Gardens of Frances Hodgson Burnett by Angelica Shirley Carpenter and Helena Perez Garcia

Roald Dahl’s 100th Birthday Celebration

Eloise’s 60th Anniversary

MORE FUN

Outlander Holiday Celebration: Outlandish Fun with Bannocks and Biscuits, Parritch and Kilts

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Two Yummy Wizard of Oz Treats

[review + recipes] Charlotte Bronte Birthday Celebration

[review + recipes] Jane Austen’s 250th Birthday Celebration

Interview with Little House Actor Sidney Greenbush

Colin Firth’s 55th Birthday with Creme Brûlée

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