Cookie Meets Peanut

by Bethenny Frankel, Daniel Roode (Illustrator)

Overview

From self-made businesswoman and mom Bethenny Frankel :a story inspired by her own life about two siblings—a new baby and one diva dog.

Cookie the dog is Mommy's Furry Baby and everything is just the way Cookie likes it...until one day when Mommy comes home with a real baby! Little "Peanut" is suddenly getting all the attention, and Cookie gets left behind. As Peanut gets older, and walks and talks, Cookie is forced to make room in her doggy life for the little girl. After throwing Mommy a tea party, Cookie and Peanut realize they can have a lot of fun together. Cookie is a furry big sister now!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316368438
Publisher:	Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	09/23/2014
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	9.90(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

Bethenny Frankel is a self-made businesswoman, tv personality, and mom, whose wit, wisdom and humor fans just can't seem to resist. Bethenny is a New York Times bestselling author of four titles and the creator of the Skinnygirl empire that started with Skinnygirl cocktails and has expanded to include health, food, and nutrition products, and even includes a line of shapewear. She was named one of The World's Most Powerful Celebrities by Forbes magazine. Bethenny lives in New York with her daughter, Bryn, and dog, Cookie. Visit www.bethenny.com

Editorial Reviews

09/29/2014
Media personality Frankel debuts with an uninspiring story drawn from her own experiences with her daughter and dog. Mommy and her dog, Cookie, have a lovely urban life together, taking "walksies," window-shopping at "Bark Jacobs," and getting coffee at "Starbarks." But the arrival of a blond baby girl, Peanut, interrupts the routine Cookie so loves. Working in digital media, Roode (the Little Bea books) brings a kewpie-doll cutesiness to the characters, human and canine alike, along with a chic midcentury-meets-modern aesthetic. While readers are sure to sympathize with Cookie's unhappiness, neither Mommy nor Cookie appears to care about it much. "Bye, Cookie. We'll be home soon," they say, leaving Cookie alone in the apartment, leash in mouth (throughout, the subtext seems to be: "Deal with it, dog"). More egregious, though, are the "sly" plugs for Skinnygirl products—alcohol bottles in the kitchen provide a visual reminder of the cocktail line she founded, and a version of the silhouetted Skinnygirl logo appears on a billboard and on Mommy's apron. Ages 3–6. Author's agent: Andy McNicol, William Morris Endeavor. Illustrator's agency: Lilla Rogers Studio. (Sept.)

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