If You Give A Mouse A Cookie
(ISBN 0-06-024586-7) is the title of a 1985 book illustrated by Felicia Bond. It is the tenth book written by Laura Numeroff, and is generally considered her magnum opus. Its plot deals with a boy who gives a cookie to a mouse, who in turn asks for various other favors. At length this leads back around to the mouse wanting another cookie. The book features two characters, a mouse and a boy. Neither characters speaks, but their dialogue is reported indirectly by a narrator.
The main character of this story, Mouse, appears in three others: If You Take a Mouse to the Movies
, If You Take a Mouse to School
, and The Best Mouse Cookie
.
The book was so popular that it inspired the If You Give A
series, which includes If You Give A Pig A Pancake
, If You Give A Moose A Muffin
, and If You Give A Cat A Cupcake
.
The phrase is referenced in the movie Air Force One
, as an allegory to the dangers of giving in to terrorism.
It was spoofed in the show Robot Chicken
.
On Easter Sunday 2009, President Barack Obama and his family read "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" to children participating in the White House Egg Roll.
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If You Give A Mouse A Cookie
(ISBN 0-06-024586-7) is the title of a 1985 book illustrated by Felicia Bond. It is the tenth book written by
Laura Numeroff, and is generally considered her
magnum opus. Its plot deals with a boy who gives a cookie to a mouse, who in turn asks for various other favors. At length this leads back around to the mouse wanting another cookie. The book features two characters, a mouse and a boy. Neither characters speaks, but their dialogue is reported indirectly by a narrator.
The main character of this story, Mouse, appears in three others:
If You Take a Mouse to the Movies
,
If You Take a Mouse to School
, and
The Best Mouse Cookie
.
The book was so popular that it inspired the
If You Give A
series, which includes
If You Give A Pig A Pancake
,
If You Give A Moose A Muffin
, and
If You Give A Cat A Cupcake
.
The phrase is referenced in the movie
Air Force One
, as an allegory to the dangers of giving in to terrorism.
It was spoofed in the show
Robot Chicken
.
On Easter Sunday 2009, President Barack Obama and his family read "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" to children participating in the White House Egg Roll.