Hello, World! Baking by Jill McDonald

Hello, World! Baking

Jill McDonald

Random House Children's Books · Print & ebook · October 14, 2025

A Picture Books pick for readers exploring Hello, World!

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Who it’s for
Baking utensils, ingredients, and treats introduce colors, shapes, sizes, and simple facts.
Themes
Baking, Early learning
Genres
Kids' Cooking, Concept Books, Size & Shape

About this book

Families who bake together will love this sweet nonfiction board book from the bestselling series Hello, World! Kids can learn all about the joys of baking in this cheerful and informative board book—with colors, shapes, sizes, and super-simple facts. ("The yellow circle in the middle of an egg is called a yolk.")

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Told in easy-to-understand terms alongside bright illustrations of baking utensils, ingredients, and treats such as pies, cupcakes, bread, and cookies, this sturdy book makes learning easy for little ones and offers useful prompts to help adults engage with the reader on each page. It's a perfect way to bring the love of baking into the busy world of babies, toddlers, and preschoolers, where learning never stops. Look for all the books in the Hello, World! series: Solar System • Weather • Backyard Bugs • Birds • Dinosaurs • My Body • How Do Apples Grow? • Ocean Life • Moon Landing • Pets • Arctic Animals • Construction Site • Rainforest Animals • Planet Earth • Reptiles • Cars and Trucks • Music • Baby Animals • On the Farm • Garden Time • Planes and Other Flying Machines • Rocks and Minerals • Snow • Let's Go Camping • School Day • Bedtime • From Seed to Pumpkin • Rockets and Other Space Machines • Baking

Baking Basics

Baking utensils, ingredients, and treats introduce colors, shapes, sizes, and simple facts.

Come here for

  • Colors, shapes, and sizes in a baking context
  • Simple facts about eggs and other baking ingredients

Expect

  • Bright illustrations of pies, cupcakes, bread, and cookies
  • Prompts for adults to engage with young children on each page

Where it sits

Kids' Cooking68%
Concept Books58%
Size & Shape38%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Kids' Cooking
  • Kids' Crafts
  • Kids' Nutrition
Authors
Jill McDonald
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Published
October 14, 2025
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Baking · Early learning
Reading lane
Kids' Cooking