From the beloved New York Times bestselling author of I Wish You More , Amy Krouse Rosenthal, a cookie-centric guide to life. Everyone knows cookies taste good, but these cookies also have something good to say. Open this delectable book to any page and you will find out something about life. Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons is a new kind of dictionary, one that defines mysteries such as "fair" and "unfair" and what it means to "cooperate." At every turn this book is clever, honest, inspirational, and whimsical. Go ahead, take a bite! Perfect for learning concept words. PreSchool-Grade 2 Using the activity of making and eating cookies, the author defines some important concepts for young children, such as respect, trustworthiness, patience, politeness, loyalty, etc. The book begins: COOPERATE means, How about you add the chips while I stir? and continues with one definition per page. For example, FAIR means, You get a bite, I get a bite….; REGRET means, I really wish I didn't eat so many cookies; and CONTENT means sitting on the steps just you, me, and a couple of cookies. Lovely pastel watercolor illustrations show appealing children and anthropomorphic animals interacting with one another and the treats. Although books dealing with this type of subject tend to be didactic and preachy, the utilization of the cookies to explain the concepts is a brilliant idea and works well on a child's level. The text is short and clear, and the book is delightful to look at and browse through. This is a good choice for one-on-one reading or to start an interesting class discussion. Judith Constantinides, formerly at East Baton Rouge Parish Main Library, LA Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. *Starred Review* PreS-Gr. 1. Cookies provide the framework for this clever book, but the focus is really on the lessons to be learned about life. Designed as a dictionary of sorts, the book has an appealing design and delightful, endearing illustrations. Each spread features a word and a definition, which are further explained in an engaging picture. For instance, "Cooperate means, / How about you add the chips while I stir?" A young, earnest redhead with tousled curls stirs the batter while a rabbit and a dog dressed in children's clothes help out. Patient means waiting while the cookies bake. "Trustworthy means, / If you ask me to hold your cookie / until you come back, when you come back, / I will still be holding your cookie." There's much to think and talk about here, all made extremely palatable by Dyer's watercolors; it's hard to think of an illustrator who could have made this work better. Children and charmingly humanized animals mingle as they learn life lessons about everything from being open-minded to having regrets (too many cookies!). It all seems so real that young readers will want to jump into the pages and join the gang for milk and cookies. Ilene Cooper Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved “Irresistible cast of characters. Beautifully rendered.” - Kirkus Reviews “Clever. Delightful. Engaging. Young readers will want to jump into the pages and join the gang for milk and cookies.” - Booklist (starred review) “A delicious recipe for getting along in the world. Charmingly simple. The delicate watercolors perfectly match the tone.” - Chicago Sun-Times “Lovely pastel watercolor illustrations. A brilliant idea. Delightful to look at.” - School Library Journal “Deliciously charming. Dyer’s art finely complements the simple yet profound wisdom that flows throughout Rosenthal’s inspired text. Multi-generational appeal.” - Publishers Weekly (starred review) Everyone knows cookies taste good, but these cookies also have something good to say. Open this delectable book to any page and you will find out something about life. Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons is a new kind of dictionary, one that defines mysteries such as fair and unfair and what it really means to cooperate. The book is by turns clever, honest, inspirational, and whimsical. Go ahead, take a bite! --Chicago Sun-Times Everyone knows cookies taste good, but these cookies also have something good to say. Open this delectable book to any page and you will find out something about life. Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons is a new kind of dictionary, one that defines mysteries such as "fair" and "unfair" and what it really means to "cooperate." The book is by turns clever, honest, inspirational, and whimsical. Go ahead, take a bite! 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