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Title: Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons
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Manufacturer: HarperCollins
List Price: $12.99
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| Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons by HarperCollins A must have for any child's library. |
| My 6-year-old and I picked this up from the Library on one of our Saturday trips. My daughter, wife and I loved it so much we had to buy it. The message and lesson is wonderful and the imagery is beautiful. This is a book that can and should be read often to children of all ages. |
| Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons by HarperCollins Excellent children's book, perfect illustrations and a must-buy. |
OVERVIEW: Fun book that hits every need that a parent is looking for in a Children's book: great words, smart writing and incredible illustrations.
THE BOTTOM LINE: Parents are constantly on the lookout for a new children's book for their kids' shelf that takes language, art and some sort of lesson and incorporates all those elements in a nice package: this one fits the order.
MY REVIEW:
THE GOOD: Every now and then parents come across a children's book that leaves the entire family in a euphoric state. Since it happened to most current parents when they were younger and their parents opened up and read " Green Eggs And Ham", now they're on the prowl for more books to fit their kids' bookshelves.
Unfortunately we come across a lot of dusty dud-tomes in our book hunt but every now and then we get a gem that has our three year old staring, our six year old smiling and the parents enjoying the read. This book does all that.
The author uses cookies (and so many things related to cookies) to teach words and simultaneously share some (very funny) life lessons such as:
"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."
This would be great in itself, but Jane Dyer goes above and beyond with her lifelike illustrations with almost a nod to Norman Rockwell with their detailed beauty by showing on that "Trustworthy" page the little girl, holding and staring at a cookie and biting the side of her lip. You can't beat that.
Definitely a great read that'll leave parents wanting more pages and kids wanting a reread with cookies, please.
THE BAD: I wish there were more pages? There was nothing bad. Well, except maybe the desire for some kids to want cookies.
THE UGLY: Nothing ugly about this book. Printed on nice paper, the cover is a nice stock and the illustration is repeated on the hardcover. Even the inside flaps are an enjoyable read highlighting words like "SHAMELESS" when it comes to the author (you can check out Amy Krouse Rosenthal's site here) plugging her own work and "ILLUSTRIOUS" as defined with the illustrator's name (Jane Dyer). |
| Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons by HarperCollins Cookies..nicely done. |
| I am pleased with the story. Illustrations are well done and I plan to give them as gifts. |
| Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons by HarperCollins Pictures paint a thousand words |
| These are hard subjects to illustrate in just one illustration- trustworthiness, honesty, pride, modesty- but the book did a great job of bringing the point home.My 3 & 5 year old boys got a lot out of these books. Highly enjoyable! |
| Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons by HarperCollins great book for toddlers/preschoolers |
| We have stuggled with how to teach values to our children and this book is an essential title for any childs library. My daughter LOVES this book and has even memorized some of the words, she particularly likes the cooperate page. The illustrations are wonderful and the text perfect! |
| Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons by HarperCollins Product Description |
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! |
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