One Smart Cookie

by John Nez, John Nez (Illustrator)

Overview

2007 Best Children's Books of the Year, Bank Street College

Cookie the dog is the best reader in the Baxter family--he's even learning to write! When Pet's Day arrives at Nash and Duffy's school, they bring in Cookie to show the other students. The other kids are amazed by the dog's reading.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780807593035
Publisher:	Whitman, Albert & Company
Publication date:	01/01/2006
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	13 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

Editorial Reviews

K-Gr 2-Cookie is one smart dog. She can read and write, a talent Mom wishes would rub off on her two kids, Nash and Duffy. The heavy-handed message comes through loud and clear when the pup spells out "smoke smell" instead of "snorkel" at a spelling bee and warns the school that there's a fire. In a fairy-tale ending, the whole family, including video-game addict Nash, is now converted to reading. The colorful and whimsical illustrations are quite good, reminiscent of the work of Diane deGroat and Marc Simont. Readers love stories of smart canines who teach people lessons they need to learn, as in Peggy Rathmann's Officer Buckle and Gloria (Putnam, 1995), but this one lacks subtlety. The author seems to be trying to teach too many lessons here-fire safety and that reading is more productive than drawing or playing video games. A better choice to inspire the practical value of reading is Susan Meddaugh's Hog-Eye (Houghton, 1995). Nez shows more promise as an illustrator.-Debbie Whitbeck, West Ottawa Public Schools, Holland, MI Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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