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 party.

If you give a man a cookie...he's going to want milk to go with it...God forbid he should get it himself. If You Give a Man a Cookie is a woman's commentary about her helpless man and the chain of events that leads him on a journey from the bed to the bathroom to the couch and back to bed at nightfall.

Taking a mouse to the movies can lead to letting him do other things, such as making a snowman, listening to Christmas carols, and decorating the Christmas tree.

When four friends with different talents and abilities go to summer camp together, they use their strengths to make camp fun for all.

Follows a boy and his mouse through a busy day at school.

The Jellybeans--four friends who have different strengths and talents--work together to make their book reports a success and to promote a love of reading.

Chaos might ensue if you were to give a dog a donut.

Mouse paints each pumpkin with a different face.

A young boy considers what is special about all of his friends' parents, and realizes that his own are the most wonderful of all.