| Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons | 
 enlarge | Author: Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Creator: Jane Dyer
Publisher: HarperCollins
Category: Book
List Price: $12.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 3117
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 40
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 9.1 x 0.3
ISBN: 006058081X
Dewey Decimal Number: 179.9
EAN: 9780060580810
ASIN: 006058081X
Publication Date: May 1, 2006
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Condition: Book is in Good condition: EX-LIBRARY with the normal stamps, stickers, bar code. Clean cover/interior pgs. No text marks. Very minor shelf-wear to cover edges. Tight binding. Great source of info! Ships from Dallas, Texas. Customer Service is our Number One Priority.
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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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Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons August 14, 2008
We offered this book as a resource at our recent Early Childhood Summer Institute. The participants made many comments on how they LOVED this book and the lessons provided.
"Tookie" Book July 20, 2008
My 2 1/2 year old LOVES this book (although she pronounces it "tookie" instead of "cookie"). It has become one of her top favorites at bedtime. The language is clever, the illustrations are cute, and I love that it's actually teaching her new vocabulary and describing complicated emotions in ways that even a small child can understand. I think, based on the recommendations, my daughter is a little young for this book, but she loves it anyway and is always very interested and attentive when we read it to her.
Charming Lessons for Life! July 1, 2008
The adorable illustrations first captured my attention while book shopping for my 2 year old grandson; the "bite-size life lessons" captured my heart.
Cookies is one of the most clever and unique children's books that I have seen for many, many years. The beautiful illustrations, the succinct explanations of difficult terms such as patience, modesty,compassion, and the tasty cookie subject make for an amazing book of lessons of living together in harmony. My grandson loves it, his Mama loves it, and so do I!
An absolute charmer for ALL ages!
A must have for any child's library. May 10, 2008
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.
Excellent children's book, perfect illustrations and a must-buy. May 3, 2008
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).
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