The step-by-step instructions in The Ultimate Children’s Cookbook by Dorling Kindersley (£15) make this the perfect accompaniment to your child’s culinary education. There are 150 recipes to help her become a confident cook, from smoothies and wraps

GREAT BOOKS FOR ACTIVITIES365 Activities You And Your Toddler Will Love by Dr Roni Cohen Leiderman and Dr Wendy Masi, Bonnier Books, £7.99.Art Attack Great Stuff by Neil Buchanan, Dorling Kindersley, £9.99.Big Book Of Things To Do by R Gibson

Playing to their strengths as purveyors of fine educational books for babies and toddlers (and making excellent use of their rich archive of photographic material), this clever early learning app from Dorling Kindersley brings a varied vocabulary

Cook It Together by Annabel Karmel (Dorling Kindersley, £7.99) features ten of children’s favourite foods, from sweetcorn to strawberries, showing how the ingredients are grown and what you can make with them. For a taster, try the delicious Chicken

The First Baking Activity Book (Dorling Kindersley, £5.99) is a lovely book for first-time bakers. Here is one of the recipes – a Rich Chocolate Cake. The book also comes with stencils in shapes to help you decorate your cake. Serves 8–12Ingredients

Organic Baby And Toddler Cookbook by Lizzie Vann (Dorling Kindersley, £9.99) is packed with inspiring recipes for each stage of your child’s development. Dishes include fruity rice, vegetable korma and this lovely recipe... Pumpkin Stew

of chilli; it is too strong to give to a baby and should be introduced slowly, once your child is older.Vegetable and Coconut KormaThis creamy, mild korma, taken from Organic Baby & Toddler Cookbook by Lizzie Vann (Dorling Kindersley, £9.99), makes two