This book is very nicely illustrated. It uses larger print that would make it appeal to a 2nd or 3rd grader. The sentences are simple but not too easy and the story flows nicely. It is about a young boy who finds a mysterious cookie shop. The owner of the shop sells him magic cookies that he feeds to his family. The different animal shapes of the cookies indicate what you will turn into when you eat it. The boy realizes what is happening and demands the cookie maker make him people cookies to turn his family back into themselves. Along the way a duck finds a cat cookie and eats it leaning the family with a very unique pet.
This could be used in the classroom to:
-have early readers read a few pages at home
-break the book into sections and have kids write a story that parallels the book
-pick out new vocab and learn it
-provide students with the confidence that they can read well
-introduce children into longer books that may seem intimidating