One Smart Cookie: Bite-Size Lessons for the School Years and Beyond

by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Jane Dyer (Illustrator), Brooke Dyer (Illustrator)

Overview

From the beloved New York Times bestselling author of I Wish You More, Amy Krouse Rosenthal, a touching batch of cookie-centric words and definitions to share.

Encourage the development of empathy, kindness, and perseverance while cuddling with your young reader around One Smart Cookie.

Amy Krouse Rosenthal's morsels of wisdom are paired with the delicious illustrations of mother-daughter duo Jane Dyer and Brooke Dyer. Definitions range from wanting to know everything about cookies (curious) to thinking carefully about what kind of cookies to make for your friend (ponder). This is a tasty vocabulary list that will resonate well beyond the school years.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780061429705
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	06/22/2010
Pages:	40
Sales rank:	665,632
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Amy Krouse Rosenthal wrote more than thirty picture books, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers Dear Girl, (cowritten with her daughter, Paris Rosenthal) and I Wish You More (cowritten with Tom Lichtenheld). A con­tributor to NPR, TED collaborator and speaker, filmmaker, and the author of two groundbreaking memoirs (Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life and Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal), she raised her three children with her husband, Jason, in Chicago. For more about Amy’s life, work, and the foundation formed in her memory, please see amykrouserosenthalfoundation.org.

Jane Dyer is the illustrator of the New York Times bestselling Cookies series by Amy Krouse Rosenthal as well as numerous other award-winning picture books. She lives and works in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Brooke Dyer is the illustrator of Sleep, Black Bear, Sleep by Jane Yolen and Heidi E. Y. Stemple and Mama Always Comes Home by Karma Wilson. Brooke lives in Lincoln, Massachusetts, with her husband, three young children, and their dog, Sophie.

Editorial Reviews

Gr 1–2—Who wants chocolate "all-chip-in" cookies? This book uses sweet confections to explore creative ways to approach a challenge, think of others, and work hard. A brief illustrated glossary serves up a batch of essential life lessons through the collaborative activity of making cookies. The words themselves aren't always simple—e.g., "prompt," "organized," "prepared," "compromise," "empathy," "integrity"—but the explanations hit close to the heart and simplify the definition for younger readers. "CONTRIBUTE means you don't just sit back while everyone else makes the cookies; each of us is doing our part and adding something good." Old-fashioned images in bright watercolor illustrations invite readers to look twice: first at the charm of each cookie-baking vignette, and secondly at the detail given children and their animal friends joining in humanlike roles and dress. Cookies tie together the theme of the book; the making of them adds to the sweetness of the message.—Mary Elam, Learning Media Services Plano ISD, TX

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