Cook's Cook: The Cook Who Cooked for Captain Cook

Author(s): Gavin Bishop

Picture Books

Cook's Cook follows the 1768 journey of James Cook's H.M.S. Endeavour with his ship's cook, the one-handed John Thompson, as story teller. Through real recipes from the ship's galley, events on board and the places the ship travelled to on its way to the Pacific, the book tells multiple stories. Here are stories of social class, hierarchy and race; stories of explorers and the people of the land; the story of one of the world's most famous explorers told through a fresh new lens. This beautiful book is full of information drawn from extensive research alongside evocative illustrations, released to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the Endeavour's journey.

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Finalist in the 2019 NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults - Illustration Russell Clark Award

Bishop’s style captures much of the nuances of late eighteenth-century cartoon beautifully painted in sepia and blue watercolour schemes, skewed angle speech bubbles, along with recipes, facts and information in scrolled and rope frames. --Children’s Books Ireland (UK)

A feast of food, facts and history… --Lancashire Evening Post

Appealing illustrations and the lure of an insider’s account make this a delectable adventure. --Kirkus Reviews (US)

General Fields

  • : 9781776572045
  • : Gecko Press
  • : Gecko Press
  • : 0.521631
  • : October 2018
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  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Gavin Bishop
  • : Hardback
  • : 1902
  • : Gavin Bishop
  • : English
  • : 910.41
  • : 40