Recommended Read

If You Give a Mouse a Brownie

By Terrie Bickel, bookkeeper and young adult department assistant at Bremen Public Library

"If you give a mouse a brownie, he's going to ask for some ice cream to go with it."

Thus begins yet another tale of author Laura Numeroff’s mouse with the exasperatingly short attention span. Thirty years after the release date of her mouse’s first adventure, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, he is still wearing out his owner as he hops from activity to activity. Although nothing tops the original, this book is charming, colorful, and sure to entertain young children. It’s a story told time and again as the mouse, and in other books, a pig with a pancake, a moose with a muffin, a dog with a donut, and a cat with a cupcake, hop from activity to activity as one thing always makes them think of something else they must do. 

Every time I bring one home, my son wants to read them all again, and I’m sure this time will be no exception. The illustrations by Felicia Bond are adorable, the books are not over-long, and the way the characters are inter-woven throughout some of the books make them all fun. Laura Numeroff’s latest, as well as the rest of the series, is, in my opinion, a big win.


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