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Chances are that when you run into a tough situation, you may recall the little engine that could and start chanting to yourself, "I think I can. I think I can. I think I can." until you feel confident. Your parents probably told you that story based on a board book before you were old enough to have a "real" hard or soft cover book.

The Best Mouse Cookie is a board book in that tradition, and a book that I highly recommend for your youngsters (be they your children, nieces and nephews, grand nieces and grand nephews, grandchildren, or beyond). If you have ever enjoyed the Laura Numeroff/Felicia Bond classic, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, you'll be delighted to know that The Best Mouse Cookie is based on the same two characters, the boy and the mouse. The story is quite different so don't expect a variation on the theme of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.

The Best Mouse Cookie has many good lessons about friendship, sharing, paying attention to details, overcoming setbacks, and looking at new activities as fun challenges. Any child who loves chocolate chip cookies and doesn't like to share will find this book to be custom built for helping to adjust that selfishness.

As the book opens, the boy is staring into a window of the little mouse house in the base of a big tree. Inside the window, the boy sees the mouse wearing a chef's hat and over-sized apron and admiring himself in the reflection from a toaster while a bag of groceries and backpack sit below. "Mouse has everything he needs to make cookies." On this page, mouse has piled all the ingredients precariously on one another atop a stool.

The mouse has a box of recipes and a boom box and sings his head off while putting the ingredients together. "He adds flour, salt, and a little music."

The mouse becomes overconfident until he begins to have trouble neatly breaking eggs.

Finally, the cookies are assembled in the oven and the mouse is tired. Stretching out for a little snooze, the cookies burn!

Mouse awakes, tosses out the burned cookies, and starts all over without regret.

Mouse then makes a huge pyramid of cookies that will bring screams of delight from any youngster who sees the illustration.

The book ends with this lesson: "There's no such thing as too many cookies . . . but the best cookie in the one you share with a friend." In the illustration, mouse reaches outside of his window to hand a cookie to the boy who smilingly accepts the gift.

Now, isn't that a nice story to read before bed?

Like most board books, your child will soon be "telling" you the story . . . long before she or he can actually "read" the words.

I thought that the illustrations were among the best that I've seen Felicia Bond do.

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As a BIG fan of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, If You Give a Moose a Muffin, and If You Give a Pig a Pancake, I was thrilled to discover the Best Mouse Cookie Ever so that I could introduce my 18 month old niece to Ms. Numeroff's work. My niece isn't quite ready for the longer, more complicated stories but this book she truly adores (she points to it and says "More" everytime I put it down)! This book is as charming and delightful as all of Ms. Numeroff's others. And the illustrations by Ms. Bond are enchanting as always! I am not sure who enjoyed it more, my niece or myself!

After picking up several other books by Laura Numeroff for my older son this was a natural choice for my 8 month old. She makes easy to read stories that kids just love! My little guy loves to look at the colorful pictures and actually listens to the words when we read together! It is simple enough that even my 5 year old can read it to his younger brother and he loves the book just as much! A great first book choice for baby!

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not as fun as the others
I did buy this book thinking it was going to be like the other books in the series. My 2 year old and I were both disappointed. Read more

Published on July 24 2002

4.0 out of 5 stars not as fun as other Numeroff-Bond collaborations
Do not buy this book expecting the same hilarious adventures of "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie". Read more

Published on Sep 26 2001 by audrey

5.0 out of 5 stars Toddler favorite
My youngest is 2 years old and has this book memorized. He pretends to "read" it word for word including "written by Laura Numeroff, Illustrated by Felicia... Read more

Published on July 5 2001

4.0 out of 5 stars Good - but not the same style of "If you give a mouse..."
If you're looking for another book like "If you give a Moose a Muffin" or "If you give a mouse a cookie" - you should know that this book is NOT written in... Read more

Published on May 27 2001 by Nature Mom w/ 2 children + EE ...

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