"This photo-illustrated book for early readers explains the different kinds of chefs who work in a restaurant and what they do"--

Take a trip into a busy kitchen with a top chef. Find out what goes on behind the scenes in a busy restaurant...and how a chef's life is much more than just cooking! Today's reluctant readers are easily drawn to the distractions of electronic games, DVDs, and TV. But what if they had a book series designed just for them? What if all the titles featured high-interest topics, rockin' designs, and language kids understand? Our Reading Rocks! series offers...

"A young boy pretends to be a master chef while cooking in the kitchen with his dad and shows what it's like to be a professional chef"--

"Carefully leveled text and fresh, vibrant photos engage young readers in learning about how chefs provide for their community. Age-appropriate critical thinking questions and a photo glossary help build nonfiction learning skills"--

"Bake the cake, create the meal, invent a new dish! In this book, readers will meet the chefs who turn dinner tables into tasty works of art. Aimed at emergent readers, the text also includes vocabulary specific to this community helper's job, along with colorful action images"--

Describes the popular street cook's life, including working in his family's restaurant as a child, figuring out what he wanted to do with his life, and his success with his food truck and restaurant.

When Filbert P. Horsefeathers walks into George Crum's restaurant, he tells the waitress, ?I have a hankering for a heaping helping of potatoes.? Fine cook that he is, George prepares a serving of his most scrumptious, succulent and sublime potato wedges, only to have Filbert send them back? Too thick? he says. So, George makes thinner wedges. But his picky customer sends them back again. And again. Feeling a bit mischievous, George decides to use...

When Aubrey gets to the cafeteria for lunch she finds that there is a strange new cook, with a kitchen full of glowing bottles, and a big black pot full of mashed potatoes, so when all the children fall under a dish-washing spell it is obvious to Aubrey that their new lunch lady is a witch--or has Aubrey fallen asleep during science class and dreamed it all?

A simple introduction to the equipment, clothing, daily activities, and other aspects of the job of a chef.

Potatoes set off across the darkened fair grounds to enjoy the rides, but Hackemup the chef has other plans for them.