A Mouse Cookie First Library Board book Author: Laura Numeroff | Language: English | ISBN:
0061174793 | Format: PDF
A Mouse Cookie First Library Board book Description
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"If you give a mouse a cookie..." you'll never be able to resist any future requests, especially if he's as cute as the diminutive plush ornament included with this special miniature edition of
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. Decked out in removable red overalls with a detachable Santa hat and candy-cane-covered boxer shorts, the life-sized mouse holds a big (for him), detachable chocolate chip cookie in his paw. The tiny hardcover book is just the right size for small human hands, and loses none of its appeal in miniature. What a perfect holiday gift for devotees of Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond's delightfully silly If You... series! And while you're celebrating the holidays, don't miss their popular Christmas title,
If You Take a Mouse to the Movies. (Ages 3 to 7)
--Emilie Coulter --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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"A light confection as suited for use in preschool story hours for beginning readers." --
--SLJ. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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- Grade Level: Preschool - 2
- Series: If You Give...
- Board book
- Publisher: HarperFestival; Brdbk edition (April 24, 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0061174793
- ISBN-13: 978-0061174797
- Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 5.5 x 1.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 18.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
"If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" really has been the "It" book for some time. Parents love this story, and their children really get into it as well. On and off, I'd heard various things about it, but nothing that so sparked my interest that I ran to my nearest library to peruse its pages. Now, however, I've grown old and wise in the ways of kiddie lit. and I found myself wanting to know what all the fuss was about. Was this book really as overwhelmingly fantastic as everyone said? Was I doomed to fall desperately in love with it like 98% of the population of known Western Civilization? The answer is a resounding yes yes yes. I had counted on finding some mild enjoyment with a fun story. Was I got was extreme enjoyment from a sly, understated, exceedingly clever story.
As we open, a small mouse treks down a hill on its own as a boy contentedly reads his comic book, munching on a bag of delicious chocolate chip cookies. After the boy offers the mouse a cookie (not knowing what such an action has wrought) the mouse asks for milk. Milk leads to a napkin. A napkin leads to a mirror (to check for a milk mustache, of course). A mirror leads to a hasty haircut. A haircut leads to sweeping up. And so on. All the while the boy gamely follows his rodent friend over, around, and through the different parts of the house, ever supplying the guest with whatsoever it may require. By the end, the house is in shambles, the boy exhausted on the floor (parents will relish this picture above all) and the mouse has just started in on a second cookie.
Some books expertly place kids in the position of their parents. In the picture book, "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus", kids are allowed to finally tell someone (the someone in that instance being a naughty pigeon) no.
Laura Joffe Numeroff and Felicia Bond have teamed up on several children's stories. Many people will tell you that this is their favorite in the series. I slightly prefer When You Give a Moose a Muffin, but you'll have to decide for yourself by reading them both.
Having had two sons, I always found them most delightful when they were the most physically worn out. Oh, if only I had had this mouse to keep them occupied!
The boy is sitting in his front yard eating a cookie. He spies a mouse, and gives the mouse a little bite.
This is a forward mouse, though, and he asks if he might have a glass of milk to go with the cookie. The boy takes him inside and obliges. Then the mouse inquires about having a straw. The boy finds him one. Then the mouse requests a napkin. That means that he is concerned about having a milk mustache. So the mouse wants a mirror to check. While looking in the mirror, he notices that his whiskers need some trimming. He requests some nail scissors from the boy. Considerately, he then wants a broom to sweep up. But if you're going to sweep in one area, you might as well do many. While you're at it, the floors could use a good washing. That makes the mouse tired, so he needs a nap. The boy makes him a little bed out of a box and a tiny blanket and pillow. But the mouse cannot sleep without a story. Seeing the pictures, the mouse thinks what fun it would be to make some pictures. Paper and crayons must be obtained! After the picture is done, he must naturally have a pen to sign his name. Then, the boy has to get some Scotch tape so that the picture can go on the refrigerator. Then, of course, you get thirsty from all that activity. You get some milk from the refrigerator . . . and of course, it's a good idea to have a cookie.
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