If You Give A Mouse A Cookie

Title: If You Give A Mouse A Cookie

Author: Laura Joffe Numeroff

Illustrator: Felicia Bond

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers http://www.harpercollins.com/

Publication Date: 1985

Genre: Picture Book

Audience: 1st or 2nd grade

Overview: A classic children's book. Numeroff tells a story of a young boy who offers a cookie to a young mouse. It's all downhill from there. After the cookie, the mouse asks for, what else, a glass of milk. The mouse continues to ask for all different things because one thing makes him think of another and so on. A chain reaction which eventually begins again. It is a silly, fun read that many kids will enjoy.

Activity: One activity that could be done could be writing/illustrating a class story. As a class, we would choose the title of the book. For example, "If You Give a Snake a Sandwich". Working with a partner, one could each draw a picture and write a line or two of text of what the snake may be given and what he may ask for next.

Reviewer's Name: Gina DeBartolome