A little girl prepares to make her grandmother's favorite meal in Matt
Stine's and Elisabeth Weinberg's Little Chef, an energetic picture
book illustrated by Paige Kaiser...
Making excellent use of white space, Keiser employs what looks like
watercolor and pen and ink to portray Lizzie in perpetual motion as she
demonstrates her culinary prowess. With amazing curly hair that
sometimes appears almost as big as she is, Lizzie could be a biracial
child given her dad's brown skin and her mom's lighter complexion. The
recipe in the backmatter will inspire young readers to follow Lizzie's
fearless lead.--Kirkus, starred review