If You Give a Cat a Cupcake

If You Give a Cat a Cupcake
Written by Laura Numeroff
Illustrated by Felicia Bond
2008

"If you give a cat a cupcake, he'll ask for some sprinkles to go with it. When you give him the sprinkles, he might spill some on the floor. Cleaning up will make him hot, so you'll give him a bathing suit" . . . . . I had no idea this existed or else I would have added it to our collection by now! Decided to buy it for The BOOG for Christmas... Oh how we love our cupcakes!


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If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
By Laura Numeroff
Illustrated by Felicia Bond

Hello all! How is everyone doing…? I only ask since I have been away for a couple months enjoying time with my family and unfortunately not spending a whole lot of time treasure hunting. No treasure hunting means that I have spent even less time blogging. However, I’m so happy to be back in time for my favorite season, Fall! What excites me even more than Fall? Halloween! I have some goodies coming up for these next couple of weeks but for now allow me to introduce the new addition to Barnes and Noble’s Online Storytime, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. Laura Numeroff narrates the beloved tale of a mouse with a hankering for milk and cookies and a penchant for chaos.

Do you know what happens if you give a mouse a cookie? He’ll want some milk to go with it… and then milk and cookies will turn into haircuts, nap time, story time, arts and crafts time…… if you are unfamiliar with Laura Numeroff, you just have to check out her “If You Give” Series. The illustrations are intriguing and the story always features an animal innocently wreaking havoc on unassuming young children. The Boog finds them to be funny and I myself find it amusing how the animals zip through one activity to the next exhausting their little friends as they go along.

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If You Give a Pig a Pancake

If You Give a Pig a Pancake
By Laura NumeroffIllustrated By Felicia Bond1998

Hey Kiddos! Most of you will probably be most familiar with the classic If You Give a Mouse A Cookie, which I read and loved when I was a wee little one, but my daughter is enamored by one of the sequels, If You Give a Pig a Pancake. Perhaps it’s her love of pancakes oozing with yummy syrup or maybe its due to the really awesome tree house the pig builds and decorates at the end. Whatever the reason, this book is a serious contender among some of the other more classic books we have on our shelves. It’s right up there with Sendak and Hurd!

Felicia Bond’s illustrations make it a fun read. We particularly love watching the pig as it runs from one activity to the next with the little girl in tow, cleaning up after her. By the time the story ends, the little girl is so exhausted from trying to keep up with the little pig she is asleep with her head on the kitchen table, while the little pig is still going full force, starting on her second batch of pancakes with sticky syrup. As a mommy I can totally relate to that little girl….. Sometimes my little piggy can be a bit of a handful!

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