If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Book and Tape

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Summary: Great Book
Review: This is a SUPER book for your toddler. The illustrations are so vivid and endearing! The story is all about a helpful little boy that tries to please a mouse that wants to eat a cookie. This leads to one thing after another (moms will totally understand this concept) and by the end of the book, the little boy is so exhausted helping the mouse he's ready to collapse. I loved this book as much as my son did and we read this off and on for several years - a perfect snuggle up book before bed!

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Summary: If you give a mouse a cookie
Review: Numeroff's main character, a tiny mouse, becomes a BIG chore for a young boy. After the mouse asks the boy for a cookie, the boy quickly learns that it will not stop there. The mouse becomes more demanding as the story goes on, wanting something new every flip of a page. The book carries the reader through fun activities and scenarios that the boy sweetly accommodates the mouse through. The boy's entire day becomes centered around a tiny mouse with endless demands. Will the demands of the tiny mouse ever end? Or will it be the story that never ends?
I think Numeroff's book gives a humorous view on a very imaginative situation. Children are sure to love this book with its funny plot and illustrations. Not only does the boy in the story find himself tending to a bossy mouse, he also faces the chance that it might all start over again in the end.
The story gives an excellent introduction to cause and effect for young readers. Phrases such as if you, when you, when he fill the pages describing what happens after something else happens.
The illustrator, Felicia Bond used colored pencils to capture the excitement of the boy's day. The vivid colors keep the reader stimulated through each page. The pictures also do an amazing job of helping to develop the plot. Without the illustrations, the story would not be as effective in portraying the craziness of the boy's day because of the mouse. The pictures definitely make the story more humorous for any reader.
I have loved this book for years. Although, I never realized it was really the illustrations that were making the book so wonderful. Without the pictures, the story would not be exciting, attention-keeping or climactic. However, combining the illustrations with the story line creates a funny and exciting story that any young reader could enjoy.