Cookie Monster put together a book about his favorite subject -- food! Painted in finger paint style and created to look like a handmade scrapbook, this board book describes types and events associated with food. As if to make up for Cookie Monster's snack-binging reputation, this book focuses on nutrition with quotes like, "Me love healthy food!" At the end of the book he eats a reasonably-sized portion of dessert. The illustrations for this book are very lively and colorful but the text lacks much interest or organization. A seemingly random sentence about food appears on each page. Young Sesame Street fans will likely get a kick out of this book, but it might leave others cold. It could have its place in a board book collection, but there are better things out there. ( )