"If You Give A Mouse A Cookie"

Authors: Laura Numeroff

Summary: "When a generous boy shares a cookie with a hungry mouse, it is the beginning of a chain of events that keeps the boy busy all day long, and might keep him busy for days to come. If you give a mouse a cookie, after all, he's bound to ask for a glass of milk, for which he'll certainly need a straw, not to mention a napkin, and a mirror to check for a milk mustache, which will only lead to him noticing that he needs a haircut!"

Theme: Be careful when be generous!

Initiation Questions and Activity:

Questions: What do you think happens in this book? What do you think the main idea of the story is?

Activity: Discuss with the class about prediction.

Culminating and Extending Questions and Activity:

Questions: What was your favorite part about the story? If you were a mouse, what would you ask the little boy?
Activity: Continue on the story! Write and illustrate a mini continuation of the story! What would you ask, and so on!