Summary Of The Book 'If You Give A Mouse A Cookie'

The book “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” is a great book that is very good in early child development. The book was published in November of 1985. Although the book is old there have been many other adaptions such as “If You Take a Mouse to School”, “If You Give a Cat a Cupcake”, and so much more. I chose this book because it was a book it was a book I use to read when I was younger. I think this may have been one of the books that helped me to be able to read on my own.
I chose the book because I personally learned a lot from this book; it helped me understand that everything has repercussions. This book is aimed for children in Pre-k through the 3rd grade. The age range is approximately age 4 to 8, but could be used for any age to show the
Most books geared toward children often offer a fairytale ending, or a perfect end to the story. This book however does not. The story is left unconcluded as the mouse at the end of the story asks for yet another cookie. The open ending lets the reader, in this case a child develop their own conclusion. Giving a child this autonomy will develop his/her/their cognitive skills.
Another example why this is a good book is the illustrations. The pictures in the book are very descriptive of what is happening in the story. The book explains with illustration on each step the mouse takes, from asking for milk to asking for a crayon to draw. The colors are playful, bright, and young. This is a great way for a child to connect the words to the picture and helping them connect the two.
The illustrations throughout the book do not show any favoritism to a specific race. There are no background characters as well, so there is no implied race. The book also gives the notion that people should be nice to everyone including animals. This book can teach kids the values of kindness, as well as feeling good about helping
In this particular book the main character is a male. For a parent reading this to their daughter they might be hesitant because there is no female charter in the story. This may be a problem but the author made other books that in fact use a female character so although this book has a male figure the lesson had been recreated using other books with other genders.
The book has the appropriate language for this age group. The words are not too difficult; the way the author sets up the wording throughout the book was brilliant. One half of the sentence will be on one page, having the reader turn the page to continue on with the sentence. This helps children’s level of cognition develop by having them think of what’s next. They get to analyze the situation and come up with what may happen based off their own experience.
The book series contains different animals and situations that are suitable for any child in most situations. The illustrations are simple and fun. Any child will be able to picture themselves in the book. Seeing the story unfold makes the story more engaging whereas just describing a scene, could make the story flat or too complicated. The illustrations also helped show the transition from the boy as the main character to the mouse as the main