If You Give a Man a Cookie, by Laura Numeroff

Parodies of children's books are fun, even more so when the author of a children's book parodies her own book!  Laura Numeroff is famous for If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and the whole series of similarly titled books.  Her newest, If You Give a Man a Cookie, is for Mom and Dad.  It's a little bit sexist, playing on the stereotypes of the man who worries about losing his hair, leaves messes around the house, falls asleep watching TV, and generally takes his wife for granted.

But stereotypes get to be stereotypes because they contain a grain of truth, and I'll go ahead and acknowledge that Numeroff's stereotypes have the ring of truth!  If you've enjoyed her previous books with your kids, read this one with the man or woman in your life and enjoy a good laugh!


Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the complimentary electronic review copy!