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Overview
Everyone knows cookies taste good, but these cookies also have something good to say. Open this delectable book to any page and you will find out something about life. Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons is a new kind of dictionary, one that defines mysteries such as "fair" and "unfair" and what it really means to "cooperate." The book is by turns clever, honest, inspirational, and whimsical. Go ahead, take a bite!
Synopsis
Everyone knows cookies taste good, but these cookies also have something good to say. Open this delectable book to any page and you will find out something about life. Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons is a new kind of dictionary, one that defines mysteries such as "fair" and "unfair" and what it really means to "cooperate." The book is by turns clever, honest, inspirational, and whimsical. Go ahead, take a bite!
Publishers Weekly
Cookies provide the vehicle for Rosenthal's (Little Pea) deliciously charming collection of defined and illustrated vocabulary words that serve as gentle guides to etiquette. Dyer's (Time for Bed) scenes of old-fashioned kitchens and balmy outdoor picnics create a feeling of nostalgia, while the cast of multi-ethnic children and their assorted animal friends provides a balancing contemporary feel. Vocabulary words appear, one or two per page, in bold capital letters; definitions follow in lower case, and each term warrants its own illustrations. "Cooperate means, How about you add the chips while I stir?," the book begins. The accompanying full-page watercolor, on the opposite page, features a curly-topped redhead stirring batter, while the bunny and dog at either side add chocolate chips (all three sport white aprons). Words such as Patient, Proud, Modest and Respect are defined in straightforward, cookie-related terms that children of all ages will comprehend. For example, "Trustworthy means, If you ask me to hold your cookie until you come back, when you come back, I will still be holding your cookie." Three vertical panels illustrate a horse entrusting his cookie to an Asian girl, putting on his coat and leaving; the next full-page painting shows the girl still stoically resisting temptation when the horse returns. Dyer's art finely complements the simple yet profound wisdom that flows throughout Rosenthal's inspired text. This story is likely to have a multi-generational appeal. All ages. (May) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
Editorials
From Barnes & Noble
"COOPERATE means, why don't you add the chips while I stir?" "FAIR means, you get a bit, I get a bite!" Amy Krouse Rosenthal's crafty cookie-making metaphors teach nourishing life lessons about respect, trustworthiness, politeness, patience, and loyalty. A tasty approach to teaching important concepts to sweet-toothed children.Chicago Sun-Times
"A delicious recipe for getting along in the world. Charmingly simple. The delicate watercolors perfectly match the tone."Booklist
"Clever. Delightful. Engaging. Young readers will want to jump into the pages and join the gang for milk and cookies."Chicago Sun-Times
“A delicious recipe for getting along in the world. Charmingly simple. The delicate watercolors perfectly match the tone.”Publishers Weekly
Cookies provide the vehicle for Rosenthal's (Little Pea) deliciously charming collection of defined and illustrated vocabulary words that serve as gentle guides to etiquette. Dyer's (Time for Bed) scenes of old-fashioned kitchens and balmy outdoor picnics create a feeling of nostalgia, while the cast of multi-ethnic children and their assorted animal friends provides a balancing contemporary feel. Vocabulary words appear, one or two per page, in bold capital letters; definitions follow in lower case, and each term warrants its own illustrations. "Cooperate means, How about you add the chips while I stir?," the book begins. The accompanying full-page watercolor, on the opposite page, features a curly-topped redhead stirring batter, while the bunny and dog at either side add chocolate chips (all three sport white aprons). Words such as Patient, Proud, Modest and Respect are defined in straightforward, cookie-related terms that children of all ages will comprehend. For example, "Trustworthy means, If you ask me to hold your cookie until you come back, when you come back, I will still be holding your cookie." Three vertical panels illustrate a horse entrusting his cookie to an Asian girl, putting on his coat and leaving; the next full-page painting shows the girl still stoically resisting temptation when the horse returns. Dyer's art finely complements the simple yet profound wisdom that flows throughout Rosenthal's inspired text. This story is likely to have a multi-generational appeal. All ages. (May) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.Children's Literature
Rosenthal builds a sort of dictionary of more than twenty useful and important words for young readers, all centered on cookies. For example, "Patient means waiting and waiting for the cookies to be done." The young girl and her dog in the illustration are waiting, and waiting, but "nicely." "Greedy means taking all the cookies for myself. Generous means offering some to others." Many other cookie-related definitions are included: proud, modest, pessimistic, optimistic, honest, courageous. Bringing the lessons to life are Dyer's sensitively imagined characters, some of which are children, others are anthropomorphic cats, bunnies, a horse, a few curious mice, and more. Sometimes it takes a detailed double-page scene to deal with the word and its emotional content. At other times a sequence of vignettes does the job. The typeface varies with the definitions and comments. To reinforce the lessons, Dyer instills a real personality in all of the appealing actors; note the sly glance of "Envy" and the hands-on-hips surety of "Proud." 2006, HarperCollins Publishers, and Ages 5 to 8.—Ken Marantz and Sylvia Marantz