Who Ate All the Cookie Dough by Karen Beaumont

Who Ate All the Cookie Dough

Who Ate All The Cookie Dough by Karen Beaumont is a fast-paced rhyming story that simply tries to solve the mystery of the question Who ate all the cookie dough?. The meter of the rhyme bears a strong resemblance to the well-known chant, "who took the cookie from the cookie jar," and as Mrs. Kangaroo asks each animal friend who ate all the cookie dough, the reader gets closer and closer to the cute but somewhat predictable ending. This book, while not GREAT children's literature, fits well into the genre of read-aloud stories for young preschoolers, and would be a very good selection for a preschool story hour for ages 2-4.

This book, because it is short and sweet (sorry, sometimes I can't help myself with those puns), makes a good companion to Eric Carle's Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother Too?and From Head to Toe by the same author. For a cookie-themed story hour, pair this book with  If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, and Cookies, Bite-Sized Life Lessons. This book will be an attention-keeping addition to your reading arsenal if you have young children who aren't quite ready to sit down and read a longer, more complicated story, such as children who are transitioning from the board book stage.

   

The illustrations by Eugene Yelchin feature animals that are comic in character, their features are exaggerated, but their facial expressions add a mischievous something to the story. The other details are subdued, stylized, and monochromatic. This book makes an excellent selection for story hour or young preschoolers, but if I were considering this as a purchase, I'd go for the more well-known Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too?

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