If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

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If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Laura Joffe Numeroff
IllustratorFelicia Bond
LanguageEnglish
SeriesIf You Give...
GenreChildren's literature
Publication placeUnited States
Media typeHardback

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is an American

Harper and Row. Described as a "circular tale",[1] illustrating a slippery slope, it is Numeroff and Bond's first collaboration in what came to be the If You Give... series.[2]

Plot

From If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

The entire story is told in

second person
. A boy named Matthew gives a cookie to a mouse. The mouse asks for a glass of milk. He then requests a straw (to drink the milk), a napkin and then a mirror (to avoid a milk mustache), nail scissors (to trim his hair in the mirror), and a broom (to sweep up his hair trimmings). Next, he wants to take a nap, have a story read to him, draw a picture, and hang the drawing on the refrigerator. Looking at the refrigerator makes him thirsty, so the mouse asks for a glass of milk. The circle is complete when he wants a cookie to go with it.

Art

From If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

The text was interpreted by illustrator Felicia Bond to show the increasing energy of the mouse, with the little boy being run ragged by the end of the story. The art was praised by School Library Journal for its "meticulous attention to detail",[1] and was executed with vibrant colors of blended pencil in a complex process of layering magenta, cyan, yellow, and black on separate sheets, which were then assembled during printing.

Bond describes rushing to get the sketches done before leaving town with her boyfriend, and that the energy of the mouse evolved from that excitement. She has mentioned on numerous occasions that the little boy in the book was her boyfriend, Stephen Roxburgh, as a child.

In popular culture

From If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

The New York Times Best Seller List
.

Charles Schulz created two Peanuts strips

The Bronx Zoo in New York featured the art in their Children's Zoo for one year and the artwork has been used to create murals in the wings of children's hospitals. The series has fans of all ages from all over the world including Japan, where an entire Tokyo city bus was painted with images of Mouse. Mouse also made it to the White House; in Laura Bush's Celebration of American Authors at the 2001 Presidential Inauguration Felicia Bond and Laura Numeroff were among those honored for their If You Give... series,[14] and the former First Lady writes that the Bush family cat India's favorite book was If You Take a Mouse to the Movies. A bronze sculpture of her sleeping on the book is included in the George W. Bush Presidential Library.[15] First Lady Michelle Obama read If You Give a Mouse a Cookie on the White House lawn during the 2009 Easter Egg Roll.[16]

The book itself was featured in an episode of Kino's Storytime, and appeared as part of a "Mail Time" segment on the Blue's Clues episode "Blue's ABCs".

Compilations

Selected translations

Adaptations

An animated series adaptation of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie was released on Amazon Prime on November 7, 2017.[17][18]

A live-action short film adaptation called The Mouse was released on YouTube on January 6, 2021, by video content creator Andrew Ruosso. [19][20]

References

  1. ^ a b Jones, Trev (May 1985). "Numeroff, Laura Joffe. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (review)". School Library Journal. 31 (9): 80.
  2. ^ If You Give... series—list of all If You Give...
  3. ^ "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff". Childrensbooksguide.com. Archived from the original on June 19, 2016.
  4. ^ Storypath Summary "contemporary classic in children’s literature"
  5. ^ If You Give... illustrated by Felicia Bond
  6. ISBN 0-618-19082-1
  7. ^ "...written by Laura Numeroff and illustrated by Felicia Bond is the perfect gift for the little ones in your life. "It just thrilled me," Oprah says."
  8. ^ Oprah's Favorite Things from A-Z - If You Give a Pig a Pancake
  9. ^ Kreiswirth, Sandra (September 13, 1991). "Van Johnson to Star in 'Show Boat'". Daily Breeze (Torrance, CA).
  10. ^ Silk, Chris (June 11, 2010). "Review: Naples Players Create Chaotic Fun with 'If You Give a Mouse a Cookie'". Naples Daily News. Archived from the original on May 21, 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
  11. ^ "Reading Rainbow: Season 10, Episode 2. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (19 Oct. 1993)". IMDb. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
  12. Toledo Blade
    . Retrieved January 22, 2013.
  13. ^ "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie & Other Story Books" (PDF). Theatreworks USA. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 3, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
  14. ^ Laura Bush read If You Take a Mouse to the Movies to the children over the holidays.
  15. ^ India "Willie Bush, the family cat's favorite book If You Take a Mouse to the Movies
  16. ^ If You Give a Mouse a Cookie on the White House lawn
  17. ^ "Watch If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Season 1 Episode - Amazon Video". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  18. ^ Dickson, Jeremy (September 7, 2017). "Amazon unveils fall slate for kids originals". Kidscreen. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  19. ^ "Andrew Ruosso". www.socialblade.com. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  20. ^ "The Mouse". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2023-10-06.

Further reading

  • Shepherd-Hayes, Deborah (1994). A Guide for Using If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and If You Give a Moose a Muffin in the Classroom. Huntington Beach, CA: Teacher Created Materials.
    ISBN 1-55734-531-7
    .

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