If You Give a Child a Book…
by Judy Newman with Cristy Bertini and Alana Pedalino
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If you give Sophie Rae a book…she may try to eat it. If it passes her taste test, she’s going to crawl onto your lap. Once she gets cozy, she’ll probably ask for her stuffed animal. When you open the book, she will point to the characters. She will touch the pages. She will stand up. She will sit down. She will giggle at the inflection of your voice. She will ask questions and offer insight in her very own toddler language. She will try another bite. And when you close the book…she is going to ask you to read it again and again.
There is nothing I love more than reading to my granddaughter. Sophie Rae is at that magical age where she is so aware of the world around her, and yet her wants are still so simple. Everything is brand-new and exciting for her—a colorful flower, a bug crawling on the ground, or a bird flying above her head elicits pure delight. And when I read to her, I feel as if I’m seeing the world through her eyes as she absorbs the words and pictures. I never tire of reading the same book over and over again, and the newest addition to her repeat list is If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff, illustrated by Felicia Bond—our Scholastic Book Clubs Book of the Week.
If a hungry little mouse shows up on your doorstep, you might want to give him a cookie. But this will lead to a glass of milk, a hair trim, mopped floors, naptime, story time, and maybe another cookie in this adorable tale and one of the most popular children’s books of all time.
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If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is an ideal book to celebrate the beginning or end of the school year, whether you’re welcoming students back to school or jump-starting summer reading. It’s a fun, lighthearted read guaranteed to hold students’ attention, and the activity ideas to complement the theme are endless. Plus it’s a great excuse to make cookies for snack time!
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What People Are Saying
“A light confection as suited for use in preschool story hours for beginning readers.” —School Library Journal
“The rhythmic text and circular logic of the award-winning If You Give series makes this a favorite for kids and grown-ups alike.” —Brightly
“There’s a nice amount of repetition here for young readers that makes for a great read-aloud book, and plenty of sweet silliness with both the activities the mouse wants to do and the text on the final page.” —Common Sense Media
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Beyond being a fun read-aloud, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie teaches lessons in cause and effect, prediction and sequencing, and the comforting safety of ending up where you began.
If you give David Vozar some tools and a snack, he will create a masterpiece.…
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Illustrated by David Vozar.
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If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is a perfect recipe for a social-emotional classroom discussion about generosity. If you help someone who needs it, you could get a sweet friendship in return.
We’ve created some teacher-approved resources to help you share If You Give a Mouse a Cookie with your students:
• Watch the Book Boys put their own spin on the story in a classroom-friendly video
• Learn how kindergarten teacher Meredith Morgan uses the book in her classroom in Book Talks
• View an exclusive video interview with author Laura Numeroff in Behind the Scenes
• Download a printable sequencing activity to accompany If You Give a Mouse a Cookie in Cooked Up from a Book
I hope your students love reading If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and that they learn this lesson: You never know when a tiny traveler might end up on your doorstep, so make sure you have some treats handy. And if that visitor is a reader, they’re probably going to want to get their hands on some great books, so make sure you have a well-stocked library from Scholastic Book Clubs!
Happy reading!
XX,
Judy
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This Book Is Available from Scholastic Book Clubs
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