Fantasy

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

By: Laura Numeroff

Illustrator: Felicia Bond

Publisher: HarperFestival

Copyright Date: September 2007

# of pages: 32

                I chose this book because I have always loved to read it. Not only have I loved to read it to my children I have enjoyed sharing it with my kindergarten practicum class. This is a book about a mouse and a young boy. The mouse wants a cookie, so the boy gives him a cookie. Once the mouse is given the cookie he begins to want a long list of items. The story ends in suspense. You are left to wonder and to think what will happen next.

This text was illustrated to show the increasing energy of the mouse. Felicia Bond, the illustrator used great attention to detail. She used sketches and vibrant pastels. She layered reds, blues, yellow and blacks to create this wonderful piece of artwork.

 If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is a great book for children of all ages. I would recommend this book for children from the ages of three to about six. This would be a great book to use for a literature lesson. Students could actually come up with an alternate ending. Students could also tell the story from either the voice of the boy or the voice of the mouse. This would also be a great book to use when teaching character traits and beginning,middle and end. I have used this book in my kindergarten class this year and they truly enjoyed it! This book won Alabama Children's Choice Book Award for kindergarten through first grade in 1986 K–1.