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Mar 11, 2010

Chris rated it:

If you give a mouse a cookie, he's probably going to poop all over your kitchen counter. When's he's done pooping all over your kitchen counter, he'll probably take up residence in your pantry, invite his girlfriend over, and have himself a nice little family in a matter of weeks. He's certainly NOT going to do all of the cute things that this book suggests.

Last night I read this to my son and then tucked him and his fifteen stuffed animals (one of which is most likely a mouse) int More...

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May 14, 2011

Gundula rated it:

Like my GR friend Abigail states in her excellent review, this was indeed a cute little story, but like her general reaction, I was also left a bit unaffected and unmoved by the book (even the illustrations I found rather unspectacular). I guess that I generally prefer stories (even in picture books for younger children) that have a bit more substance and plot to them. And while I could imagine reading this story aloud to a small child, I would most likely not enjoy reading If You Give a Mouse a Cookie More...

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Jun 09, 2010

Abigail rated it:

The first in Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond's wildly popular If You Give a... series - which also includes If You Give a Moose a Muffin and If You Give a Pig a Pancake - If You Give a Mouse a Cookie was chosen as one of five June selections, over in the Picture-Book Club (part of the Children's Books group here on goodreads). Our theme this month is "Culinary Delights" - this got the nod for the cookie, not the mouse (sorry, couldn't resist!) - and I was happy to see it on the list, a More...

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Apr 14, 2008

Jeremiah rated it:

I know a ton of people love this book, but not me. The illustrations aren't horrible and neither are they uniquely memorable; moreover, the story is uninteresting and bland. What type of thought went into this book anyway? I've met Laura and she's a nice lady, but give me a break! The story is cute, but it is just a bland series of partially logical observations made by the author about this mouse.
If Laura can come up with a book like this and publish it, then I have lost a lot of confide More...

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Nov 19, 2011

Kristina rated it:

Genre: Other Picture Book

An energetic and somewhat demanding mouse tires out this poor little boy with all of his requests, which all starts when the boy offers the mouse a cookie.

a.) A major strength of this book is the illustrations.
b.) The cartoon-like pictures are very colorful and detailed. They are great incorporations to the book because they go exactly with the text. If this was a wordless picture book, readers would be able to follow along and understand th More...

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Feb 01, 2012

Connie rated it:

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Feb 01, 2012

Lexi.vernaglia rated it:

This is such an amazing children’s book. I feel like it is a classic book that everyone has had read to them and has read to their younger siblings, cousins, children they baby sit, etc. I remember having my parents read this book to me when I was younger.
A young boy gives a mouse a cookie. The mouse then asks for a glass of milk. Then a straw to drink his milk out of. Then to wants to look at himself in the mirror to make sure he doesn’t have a milk mustache. After looking at him More...

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Jan 20, 2012

Violet rated it:

This is a fantastic book that helps children learn the chain of events. The plot of the story leads back to the beginning! This books helps children to think about "what comes next", in a story. It is a great book to read to children when they are learning about sequence of events.

Learning activity: LD1f: Children will interpret predictions from pictures and titles.

I will laminate cubed-shaped cards that contain pictures on them. Each picture will be a pie More...

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Sep 29, 2011

Liam added it

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is the title of a book by Laura Joffe Numeroff. Its plot deals with a boy who, when sitting on the grass outside his house eating a cookie, discovers a little mouse. He kindly gives a cookie to the mouse. After eating a cookie, the mouse has some milk and then decides to clean his face. This starts simply enough, but the mouse keeps getting distracted and is constantly moving on to other projects, leaving unfinished ones behind resulting in an amusing sequence of eve More...

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Apr 29, 2011

Angie rated it:

My Review: I was only two when this originally came out but it took things a while to arrive in our tiny town, so I vaguely remember when it arrived. I remember when I was little I loved this book because the mouse wore overalls! How cute is that?! I also remember that next to the Very Hungry Caterpillar this was one of my brother's favorites. Now that I re-read this one as an adult I wonder what exactly is the moral of the story? I would venture to say that pretty much all children's books ha More...

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May 15, 2009

Shanna rated it:

This is the beginning of an enormously popular series of books. Each is made up of a chain of fanciful interactions between a child and an animal. In this one, a boy shares one of his cookies with a mouse, who asks for milk, then needs a straw to drink it with; on giving himself a milk moustache he asks to use a mirror, and on looking in the mirror decides he needs a haircut. Each subsequent event is more absurd than the last, and the story ends with the mouse asking for a cookie.

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Feb 19, 2011

Eva rated it:

Okay well, I guess I'm about the only person in the world who thinks these books stink. Even Julia disagrees with me and we had an entire conversation with each of us stating our points after we read this. (She's quite the debater for not yet being 6 years old.)
I don't find these books enjoyable AT ALL. In fact, I'll reiterate my thoughts for the slow ones out there - I think THEY STINK.
Who can't write this? Rocks can't I guess. Slugs. Water bugs. A few others. Most humans can I th More...

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Sep 26, 2011

Curtis rated it:

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is the story of a young boy and an adorable mouse. It starts with, "If you give a mouse a cookie, he's going to ask for a glass of milk." One thing keeps leading to another and the boy is constantly accommodating the mouse and cleaning up after him after the mouse "helps out." By the end of the story, the boy is exhausted, but the mouse is thirsty and would like a glass of milk. And of course, he'll probably want a cookie to go with that milk, thu More...

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Oct 24, 2009

Samantha rated it:

Summary: Who would ever suspect that a tiny little mouse could wear out an energetic young boy? Well, if you're going to go around giving an exuberantly bossy rodent a cookie, you'd best be prepared to do one or two more favors for it before your day is through. For example, he'll certainly need a glass of milk to wash down that cookie, won't he? And you can't expect him to drink the milk without a straw, can you? By the time our hero is finished granting all the mouse's very urgent requests--an More...

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Dec 01, 2008

Liane rated it:

Genre: Picture Book (If you give...series)

Reading Level: Late Emergent

Topics & Themes: A young boy's day. One request leads to another and another and another...

Curricular Use: Read aloud.

Literary Elements: Repetition. Circular story/ending: by the end of the requests the mouse wants another cookie. Personification.

Text & Pictures: Interaction. Adorable mouse.

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Jun 07, 2010

Yue rated it:

This book is written by Laura Joffe Numeroff, suggests to children that a small thing such as a mouse can make a series of troubles and finally becomes a large issue. This is a very humorous book and this makes it fun for children to read and learn from it.

In this book, the mouse can represent a naughty child who always requires a lot and makes the room messy. Although Numeroff does not explain everything in the text, the illustration tells something more than the words. For example More...

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Oct 19, 2009

Michelle rated it:

Summary:
Who would ever suspect that a tiny little mouse could wear out an energetic young boy? Well, if you're going to go around giving an exuberantly bossy rodent a cookie, you'd best be prepared to do one or two more favors for it before your day is through. For example, he'll certainly need a glass of milk to wash down that cookie, won't he? And you can't expect him to drink the milk without a straw, can you? By the time our hero is finished granting all the mouse's very urgent reque More...

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Jun 10, 2010

Justina rated it:

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is about a young boy that gives a mouse a cookie. The mouse then wants other things for the things he has been given and in the end; he wants another cookie. The characters are not too developed, the reader learns that the mouse has a family and the boy the reader does not know much about. The tone of the story is humor, and the style is very simple for a child to follow. The theme is once you give something to others they may want more. The age for this book would b More...

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Sep 29, 2010

Lindsey rated it:

I used to make fun of my husband by murmuring "If you give a mouse a cookie..." because he would always buy something and then want more and more and more. He needs to read it because he still doesn't get the reference, LOL. I don't know if I would love this book as much now, but I LOVED it as a kid.

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Feb 12, 2012

Carolina rated it:

This was a really cute book, i enjoyed reading it. I is a good book because it teaches children about a series of events that occur after doing a certain thing. For examples it says that after giving the mouse a cookie he is probably going to ask for a glass of milk, and after he is finished he will ask for a napkin. so the events are all connected to one another. It shows children that there is some type of connection in the things they do. I is similar to the domino effect, everything you do w More...

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Jun 08, 2010

Ann rated it:

There's a good amount of happy nostalgia associated with this book for me, so, the bad is that it makes it hard for me to review this objectively, but, the good is that obviously I loved it when I was little. And, I can still see why! The illustrations are adorable and the absurdity of the antics of this helpful little mouse are delightful! I can appreciate now the 'helpful' actions of the mouse reflecting those of children who 'help' mom in the kitchen (i.e. cooking breakfast while leaving a More...

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Apr 15, 2010

Jessie rated it:

I personally like this book, note how I used "like" instead of "liked." As a kid, I grew up with this book, in fact, I grew up with alot of Laura Numeroff books. I really liked them as a kid, finding them fun to read and think about with my "use to be" colorful and widespread imagination.
I find this book to be quite humorous and what I like to call a character book. Which lets the reader have a free way of steering while reading the book, making it a custom f More...

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Sep 13, 2011

Doug rated it:

Summary: This book about a child befriending a mouse, and everything the child must do in order to please his newly found friend. Anything the mouse desires leads him to want something else. This book could also teach a child the perils of owning a pet, or the responsibilities of taking care of something.

Age Range: Primary to Intermediate

Artistic Elements: The book contains big pictures on every page that coincide with the text of the story. Images can be used to help t More...

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Nov 11, 2009

Stephene rated it:

Grade level: Pre-K to 1st Grade
Bond’s illustrations take the child on an imaginative journey through a day with an exasperating little mouse. Her use of bright colors and detailed fine lines emphasize the colossal task of offering a mouse a snack, and the trials and tribulations that go along with making such a decision. Numeroff’s text offers the predictability and repetition that a beginner needs to feel confident about learning to read. Students will enjoy following this little mou More...

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Jun 15, 2010

Kathryn rated it:

I feel certain I must have read this before at some point but I really didn't remember anything about it. I actually had a bit of a distaste built up for reading it--and now I am honestly not sure why!!! It is such a cute, fun story! I think maybe I just felt the whole thing had been over-commercialized and there are so many spin-offs now (which I also haven't read so it's not fair of me to judge!) Anyway, I think it's just the sort of story I would have liked when I was little, too--taking More...

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Sep 16, 2011

K.Q. Webster rated it:

Funny story or domino effect more like. Some days are just like this...nothing gets done because there is always something else you have to do and then...oh look! What's that behind the couch? A few toys. Socks. A couple books and...uh huh. Some dust bunnies. Man. Guess I'll have to sweep those up. So I go the the broom and...look at that pile of fruit on the counter calling my name. Guess I'll just have to eat some of it. Now while I munch on that...
It goes on for ever and all day long and More...

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Apr 29, 2010

Andrew rated it:

Summary: Who would ever suspect that a tiny little mouse could wear out an energetic young boy? Well, if you're going to go around giving an exuberantly bossy rodent a cookie, you'd best be prepared to do one or two more favors for it before your day is through. For example, he'll certainly need a glass of milk to wash down that cookie, won't he? And you can't expect him to drink the milk without a straw, can you? By the time our hero is finished granting all the mouse's very urgent requests--a More...

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Oct 27, 2011

Barrett rated it:

**Patterned/Predictable Book:
"If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" by Laura Numeroff is a story about the consequences if you give a mouse a cookie to eat. Once you give a mouse a cookie, then he'll want a glass of milk to wash the cookie down, the he'll want to look in the mirror to see if he has a milk mustache, then he'll ask for a pair of scissors to trim his hair. When the little boy is running around getting all of these things for this mouse he found in his house, the boy become More...

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Dec 11, 2011

Leatha added it

A boy is outside eating a cookie when he sees a mouse and wants to share his cookie with the mouse. After the mouse eats the cookie he wants a glass a milk. After the glass of milk, the mouse asks for a napkin. Then the mouse asks for a mirror, scissors, a broom, and so on. Each time the mouse asks for one thing it leads to the mouse asking for something else. At the end of the book the mouse ask for a glass of milk and if he asks for a glass of milk he will want a cookie.

I wo More...

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Nov 06, 2011

Lindsay rated it:

This is a picturebook intended for nursery and primary readers. It is about all of the other things you will have to do if you start by giving a mouse a cookie. It goes through all the other things he is going to expect. This story was fun because we tried to guess what else the mouse was going to ask for. It is almost what it is like to have a little kid. Just when you think you have satisfied all their needs they find something else that they want. It teaches the art of procrastination. It wou More...

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