One Smart Cookie: Bite-Size Lessons for the School Years and Beyond [Hardcover]

Amy Krouse Rosenthal (Author), Jane Dyer (Illustrator), Brooke Dyer (Illustrator)

Book Description

Release date: June 22, 2010 | Age Range: 4 - 8 years

One Smart Cookie offers a fresh batch of words that encompasses everything you might say to a child, whether it's the first day of preschool or the last day of high school. Cookie-centric definitions range from wanting to know everything about cookies (curious) to thinking carefully about what kind of cookies to make for your friend (ponder). This book mixes Amy Krouse Rosenthal's morsels of wisdom with the delicious illustrations of mother-daughter duo Jane Dyer and Brooke Dyer. This is one vocabulary list that will resonate well beyond the school years.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Gr 1-2–Who wants chocolate "all-chip-in" cookies? This book uses sweet confections to explore creative ways to approach a challenge, think of others, and work hard. A brief illustrated glossary serves up a batch of essential life lessons through the collaborative activity of making cookies. The words themselves aren't always simple–e.g., "prompt," "organized," "prepared," "compromise," "empathy," "integrity"–but the explanations hit close to the heart and simplify the definition for younger readers. "CONTRIBUTE means you don't just sit back while everyone else makes the cookies; each of us is doing our part and adding something good." Old-fashioned images in bright watercolor illustrations invite readers to look twice: first at the charm of each cookie-baking vignette, and secondly at the detail given children and their animal friends joining in humanlike roles and dress. Cookies tie together the theme of the book; the making of them adds to the sweetness of the message.Mary Elam, Learning Media Services Plano ISD, TX
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From Booklist

The fourth book in Rosenthal’s “cookie” series offers a new set of delectable words and defines them with sensitivity to a child’s experiences. In this imaginative, childlike world, “EMPATHY means, Your feelings somehow came into my feelings, and it feels to me like you could use a cookie right now.” Clean, spacious design heightens the powerful charm of the watercolor illustrations, in which serious yet kindly dressed animals share the domestic scenes with children. A treat to be pondered and savored, the book closes with a recipe for “One Smart Cookie,” a Smarties-laden sugar cookie. Preschool-Grade 1. --Carolyn Phelan

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Product Details

• Age Range: 4 - 8 years
  
• Hardcover: 40 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins; 1 edition (June 22, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061429708
• ISBN-13: 978-0061429705
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #79,708 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Amy Krouse Rosenthal is a person who likes to make things.

Some things she likes to make:
Children's books.
Grown-up books.
Short films.
Salads.
Connections with the universe.
Something out of nothing.
Wishes.

According to The New York Times, Amy's award-winning children's books "radiate fun the way tulips radiate spring: they are elegant and spirit-lifting." Her 20+ books for children include !, WUMBERS, PLANT A KISS, LITTLE PEA, SPOON, THE WONDER BOOK, COOKIES: BITE-SIZE LIFE LESSONS, AND DUCK!RABBIT!.

As for her adult work, Amazon named ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AN ORDINARY LIFE one of the top 10 memoirs of the decade.

A long-time contributor to NPR, she is currently the host and creator of Mission Amy K R.com produced by Chicago Public Radio.

Her short films include The Beckoning of Lovely, 17 Things I Made, ATM Always Trust Magic, The Kindness Thought Bubble, and The Money Tree.

Amy lives with her family in Chicago and online at whoisamy.com.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars start school with One Smart Cookie....... July 6, 2010

By Cathy C. Bonnell

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As an elementary school librarian, I have used all the books in this "cookie" series to help children understand the importance of getting along with others and how not to bully. August 9th I'm planning to start school (day 1)reading this new one to classes 2nd grade & up. The vocabulary is easy to understand when related to cookies and the illustrations just couldn't be more delicious.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars CSLA Rodda Award Nomination April 1, 2011

By Mary Lou Henneman

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ONE SMART COOKIE was nominated for the 2011 Rodda Book Award sponsored by the Church and Synagogue Library Association (CSLA), an international organization serving congregational libraries of all faiths. CSLA's Rodda Award is named for Dorothy Rodda Sargent, a lifetime member and one of the founders of the organization. This award recognizes a book which exhibits excellence in writing and has contributed significantly to congregational libraries through promotion of spiritual growth. The award is given to books for adults, young adults, and children on a three-year-rotational basis. The 2011 Rodda Award focuses on books for children and this year's award will be presented at the CSLA annual conference to be held at the Hilton Embassy Row Hotel in Washington, D.C., July 19-22. To learn more about CSLA and the Rodda Award go to www.cslainfo.org.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic book - gorgeous expressive illustrations October 19, 2010

By Julia Faulkner

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If anyone wants a book that will help improve vocabulary for a child along with entertaining her at the same time I highly recommend this book. I purchased two for my granddaughter and one for my niece. They are beautiful books about making cookies and learning the meaning of words about ones feelings, emotions, character, etc at the same time. The illustrations of the expressions of the emotion, etc., are excellent!