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If you Google “mug cake,” you’ll get more than 100 million results for the one-serving cake that’s baked in a mug in the microwave Yet finding the right recipe — not too dense, not too sweet — is harder than one might hope This version, adapted from “Baking Class: 50 Fun Recipes Kids Will Love to Bake!” by Deanna F
By Cynthia Levinson, Melissa Stewart, and Jennifer Swanson | Jan 07, 2021 A recent column in the As nonfiction writers for young readers, we were dismayed—though not surprised—by Mathews’s assumption that “the books students choose to read are almost always fiction.” We frequently encounter adults who mistakenly believe that children think “Textbooks. Ugh,” as he writes, when they hear “nonfiction.” We wish Mathews could accompany us on a school visit—live or virtual—because here’s what kids are actually saying: “I like nonfiction because you gain kn...