Book Review: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
“If you give a mouse a cookie, he will want a glass of milk.” Thus begins the popular children’s story written by Laura Numeroff. It is the first in a growing collection of books by this author who continues to come up with clever ways to loop stories in a circle.
Although your child will certainly enjoy If You Give a Pig a Pancake, If You Give a Moose a Muffin, and If You Take a Mouse to the Movies, my personal favorite is still the original story. However, there are newer stories that I have not yet read, but I look forward to enjoying.
One of the draws to these stories, besides the lovable characters, is the adventure the reader goes on while trying to figure out “what comes next”? These are wonderful stories that are both entertaining and educational. They get young children making predictions about what will happen in the story.
While reading these stories with your child, ask her to make predictions out loud. Continually ask, “What do you think will happen next?” Try to have her answer without looking ahead, but if she gets stuck, go ahead and let her look at the picture on the follow page. It is not cheating. Making predictions and looking ahead are actually two reading strategies your child will be able to utilize once she is reading on her own.
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Written by BRWI Staff on January 24, 2011
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