Tuesday, October 25, 2011

If You Give A Mouse A Cookie

Author/Illustrator: Laura Joffe Numeroff/Felicia Bond

About the Author:
http://lauranumeroff.com/
Laura was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1953 and was the youngest of three girls. She was surrounded by art, music, and books. She enjoys using her imagination to make people laugh!

Genre: Fiction
Grade Level: K-1
Theme: Using Imagination

Synopsis:
This story is about what might happen if you give a mouse a cookie. He will ask for milk and then get carried away and need to trim his hair, sweep it up, clean the house, want to nap but will need a story, draw pictures, sign his name, hang it on the refrigerator, get thirsty, ask for milk and of course want a cookie to go with it!

Pre Reading Activity:

Activity:
Have the class look at the cover of the book and share ideas of what they would do if they had a mouse to do different things with.


Post Reading Activity:

Activity:
After reading the story, have the students write what a mouse might ask for if you brought him to school!

Reflection:
I think this is a cute book because you can let students predict what will happen and they can use their imagination to come up with many different things. This book also lets students enjoy the silly story and use their imagination to think of different things a mouse would do.

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