If+You+Give+A+Mouse+A+Cookie+2

**Author Biography: **
====Laura Numeroff was born in 1953 in Brooklyn, New York. Having Laura's father working on the art staff of the World Telegram & Sun, and Laura's mother being a junior high school economics teachers, Laura was always surrounded by art, music, and books. Laura had two older sisters. When she was younger she loved to draw, read, write, and engage in her after school activities such as girl scouts. Laura went to the Pratt Institute, In Brooklyn where she followed in her sisters footsteps for college. Laura now lives in Los Angelas, California. ====

**Summary of Book: **
====If you give a mouse a cookie is about a young boy who shares a cookie with a hungry little mouse. Once the boy gives the mouse the cookie, the mouse asks for a glass of milk. Once he has the milk the mouse will then need a straw. Following the straw, the mouse will then need a napkin. After the mouse asks for a napkin he asks the boy for a mirror to check is he has a milk mustache, which then leads the mouse to noticing he needs a haircut. The whole book is about this mouse asking for something else from the boy after the boy has given the mouse something before that. ====

**Analysis: **
====The core of this book is based of cause and effect. When the mouse asks for something from the boy, it leads to something else being needed and asked for. The illustrations are great at showing the mouse asking the boy for all the things he needs one after the other. It is great for students to make predictions, and using the concept of what cause and effect is, and how it works. The students will also see how giving and generous the young boy is for his friend the mouse. Students can then realize that they too are capable of being patient and kind as well to help their friends in need. This book has a very humorous way of showing how asking for one thing may lead to asking and wanting more. ====

**Book Review: **
====I really enjoyed reading this book. I read it for a group of kindergarteners and it was very helpful in introducing them to the concepts of cause and effect. It is also great for making predictions on what the mouse may ask for next. Using charts for cause and effect, or a predictions wall are great ways for activities as a class after reading this book. The illustrations are great at showing all the pictures of what the mouse asks for, and showing the boy being very generous assisting the mouses wants. It is a really cute story, and has important concepts to help students learn. ====