A book about animals in the west and finding the missing cookies.

Genre
Picture books for children
Stories in rhyme
Tone
Whimsical
Illustration
Colorful
Subject
Animals
Cookies
Food habits
Searching

Typical retelling of the cookie jar song where the woodland animals are all blamed for taking the cookies.
1 book

Goes around and around to each animal accusing them of taking the cookie. very repetitive, but teaches kids animals etc. then the little kangaroo admits that he took the cookie and says he will share.

I had mixed feelings after reading "Who Took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar?" for a few reasons. I liked the book because of the patterned language used throughout. On almost every page it asked "Then who took the cookies? The jar was full! Where did they go? Mmm... Oh!... Now I know..." Through the use of this language the author was able to create a song within the story itself. Thus, keeping the reader entertained. However, for the same reason I did not like the book. Due to the fact that the language was very repetitive I did not take interest in the book while I was reading. Singing "Who took the cookies from the cookie jar?" over and over about four times on one page was too much. Although it might entertain young children I had no interest. On a positive note the book did have an organized plot as the skunk made his way around the town asking every animal if they took his cookies. "Mouse took the cookies from the cookie jar!" or "Raven took the cookies from the cookie jar!" for example. The author creates an imaginative setting through the use of the plot which is paired with great illustrations. As the readers follow the story they see the trail that the skunk follows, helping him solve the mystery. All in all I think that the 'big idea' of this story is to never give up on something you want to find or figure out. In other words, by pursuing something you lost you may eventually find it. ( )