Laura Joffe Numeroff

Relating the cycle of requests a mouse is likely to make after you give him a cookie takes the reader through a young child's day.

One thing leads to another when you give a pig a pancake.

Chaos can ensue if you give a moose a muffin and start him on a cycle of urgent requests.

A series of increasingly far-fetched events might occur if someone were to give a cupcake to a cat.

"Join Mouse from 'If you give a mouse a cookie' as he celebrates Valentine's Day with all the friends he loves"--Page 4 of cover.

Mothers and fathers participating in everyday activities show their love for their children in very similar ways. Mommies can do lots of things, like teach you how to ride a bike, sew a loose button on your teddy bear, and read you a cozy bedtime story. But what do they do best? The answer is made perfectly clear in this irresistible celebration of parents and the everyday things they do. Daddies can do lots of things, like bake you a birthday cake,...

Mouse bakes his own cookies in his little mouse house.

One side of this upside-down book celebrates all of the things grandmas do for their grandchildren. Turning the book over and around produces a similar celebration of grandpas.

Chaos can ensue if you give a moose a muffin and start him on a cycle of urgent requests.

One thing leads to another when you give a pig a pancake.