The Secret Ingredient

Katie Lynn Cookie Company #1

by George E. Stanley

Katie Lynn loves her grandmother's cookies, so when her grandmother gives her the recipe she decides to start her own cookie company in a charming tale that includes delicious cookie recipes. Simultaneous.

80 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

George Edward Stanley was born in Memphis, Texas on July 15, 1942. He received a bachelor's degree in 1965 and a master's degree in 1967 from Texas Tech University. He earned his Doctor Litterarum in African Linguistics in 1974 from the University of Port Elizabeth in South Africa. He lived all over Europe and Africa, studying and teaching foreign languages, working for the U.S. government, and writing books for young people and adults. He started writing fiction while a Fulbright professor in Chad, Central Africa, where about the only diversion he found available was listening to the BBC on his short wave radio. That led to his writing radio plays for a program called World Service Short Story. Three of his plays were eventually produced. After writing and publishing over 200 short stories in American, British, Irish, and South African magazines and linguistics articles in major international journals, he started writing books. He wrote over 100 fiction and non-fiction books for young people including The Katie Lynn Cookie Company series and the Adam Sharp series. He also wrote under the pseudonyms of M. T. Coffin, Franklin W. Dixon, Laura Lee Hope, Carolyn Keene, Adam Mills, and Stuart Symons. He was a professor of African and Middle-Eastern languages and linguistics in the department of foreign languages at Cameron University. He died from a ruptured aneurysm on February 7, 2011 at the age of 68.

Reviews

[Stasia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another of my childhood favorites!! Everytime I read this, I can instantly smell the bookstore that I bought it in as a kid ..😁

[Kaylin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of my favorite books! I can't wait to read the next book!!! :)

[Katt Hansen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love how these clever kids figure out how to cook from a recipe and not only that, to make a successful business on their own. Very cute story that makes me want to bake!