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Big Bang Bread
  • Published: 30 June 2026
  • ISBN: 9781776957217
  • Imprint: Picture Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $21.00

Big Bang Bread

A 13.8-Billion-Year-Old Recipe



Take a journey through time and space to discover the secrets of baking!

Take a journey through time and space to discover the secrets of baking!

Big Bang Bread is a kids’ cookbook with a cosmic twist — to quote Carl Sagan: “If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”

This 32-page picture book encompasses physics, biology and chemistry with a surprising approach to science explanation for children aged six to nine. The aim is to excite children about the science and history behind bread and to encourage them to start their own experiments in the kitchen.

  • Published: 30 June 2026
  • ISBN: 9781776957217
  • Imprint: Picture Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $21.00

About the author

Lily Uivel

After receiving her Bachelor of Fine Arts, Lily worked as a props maker and designer. But since before she could remember, she had loved to draw more than anything else. She would spend all of her spare time sketching and studying illustration.

When Covid arrived, Lily and her partner, Rory Stewart, left their life in London and rushed home to New Zealand. Stuck in the house and trying to rebuild a life that had been abruptly scattered, Lily decided to give herself a chance. She has now illustrated over 10 picture books, including Melanie La’Brooy’s The Wintrish Girl (University of Queensland Press) and Nicole Miller’s Celia Seagull and the Plastic Sea (Little Love).

Lily lives in Days Bay with her assistant, She-Ra the dog, and Rory.

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