Joshua and I recently came across a darling book that I just have to share. It's called COOKIES, Bite Size Life Lessons, and is written by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. It's a short book, full of little character traits and feelings, taught in relation to everyone's favorite treat. It covers things like compassion, patience, envy, loyalty, respect, and many others with just a sentence or two each, but fully conveying the meaning. Here's an example:
On the left it says: GREEDY means taking all the cookies for myself. hee hee hee yum yum yumOn the right it says: GENEROUS means offering some to others. Please take one. You too. Anyone else want a cookie?
The illustrations, by Jane Dyer, are absolutely gorgeous. The characters demonstrating each page's word are beautiful little children of all races and life-like animals, personified with little clothes and accessories and walking on their hind legs. It's all done in water color and is just adorable.
The book, as simple as it is, really is a springboard for more discussion. Joshua and I had a long talk about pessimism and optimism, relating to a current situation going on here, because he learned what those words mean through this book.
This book has made it to my "favorite children's book" shelf and if you have had a baby recently, or are expecting one any time soon, you can expect to receive a copy of it! It's definitely a gem worth checking out! (get my library reference???)
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