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If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (thing)
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Sat Nov 11 2000 at 16:22:40
copyright
Laura Numeroff
1985
.
HarperCollins
. 32 pgs. children's
picture book
. ages
4
-
7
.
This is Laura's
tenth
book for children, and by far her most popular. It was turned down by
nine
publishers before HarperCollins got wise and bought it.
If a
hungry mouse
knocks on your door, you might give him a cookie. But if you give him a cookie, he's going to want a glass of milk. But if you give him a glass of milk, he might need to look in a mirror to make sure he doesn't have a
milk mustache
. . . he might then notice that he needs a trim . . . he might have to borrow the scissors . . .
It's a cute story (cute without being hateful), illustrated well by
Felicia Bond
. Most of the funniest bits are in the pictures, which show a little boy being progressively run ragged by the escalating demands of the mouse.
This book was born on a long, boring car trip. Laura was trying to make a friend laugh by telling a silly story, and
by the time they got to Oregon
, she'd written the book.
Laura visits classrooms all over the country, and the kids
always
want to hear this book. Sometimes she warns them that she may make a mistake or two while reading, and that they should please let her know if she screws it up. Then she says something like "If you give
a mouse a banana
. . . "   - and the kids howl.
There's also a song, "
Doin' the Mouse Cookie
," as well as an accompanying dance. No word on what that involves.
thanks to:
http://www.eforest.com/numeroff_bio.html
www.amazon.com
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