
Sam & Baker’s Island Adventure
Where it all begins — an island summer of fresh salmon, sweet berries, warm bread, and sea air. Seven recipes to make at home.
Made for little chefs and big adventures.
Follow Sam and his black-and-white dog, Baker, as they travel the country tasting new foods, meeting new friends, and turning every adventure into a simple recipe kids can help make.
Each adventure is a full picture-book story followed by simple recipes from that trip, made to cook together with your family. And now Sam is sharing the recipes he makes at home.

Where it all begins — an island summer of fresh salmon, sweet berries, warm bread, and sea air. Seven recipes to make at home.

Sam and Baker head to Texas and meet a new friend, Natasha, and her cat, Luna — cooking their way through breakfast tacos, brisket, and peach shortcakes.

A road trip down the coast to welcome a brand-new baby brother — with treasure hunts, orange groves, key lime pie, and one very special seashell.
A first cookbook with Sam and Baker. Twenty-two recipes from Sam’s own kitchen, written for little hands with a helper close by.
In a cozy little house by the sea, there lived a little chef named Sam. He loved to cook more than anything, and his dog Baker loved to keep him company. Now Sam is sharing the recipes he makes at home.
There are pancakes for breakfast, soup for lunch, mac and cheese for dinner, and cupcakes for a treat. Every recipe is written for a kid’s hands and an adult’s help. Steps are short and plain. Your helper can be Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, or any adult who cooks with you.
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Sam and Baker are cooking their way around the world, one delicious place at a time. Here's where they've been — and where they're headed.
It all started at home, around the kitchen table. Sam is the little chef — and Baker, the fluffy black-and-white pup who stars in every book, was his real dog and very best friend. The whole series is made in loving memory of Baker, so he gets to keep right on adventuring: sniffing out buried treasure, snatching runaway blueberries mid-air, and splashing into every swimming hole from Whidbey Island to the Florida coast.
Every book is a brand-new adventure — new places, new friends, and mouth-watering new foods — written for the real kids in the family. (Florida Family Adventure was made to welcome a baby brother before he was even born!) And each story wraps up with recipes simple enough for little hands, with a helper close by. They’re the joyful, food-filled books we always wanted on our own shelf.
Beyond the books — a brand-new, kid-friendly recipe and a matching coloring page, free every single month. Fun in the kitchen, then fun with the crayons.
Soft, cozy pumpkin muffins that make the whole kitchen smell like fall. Kids can do almost every step, with a helper on oven duty. Print the recipe card, then color the picture!
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Sam and Baker from all their adventures. Print as many as you like.
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