Everyone loves a reason to eat dessert — and November is National Cookie Month! Here are some classic cookie-themed picture books to enjoy with your favorite sweet treat.
The Cow Loves Cookies, by Karma Wilson, illustrated by Marcellus Hall
Every creature in the barnyard has a favorite treat — but the cow wants to share the farmer’s cookies instead of eating hay. Little ones will love to bounce along with the cheerful rhymes in this book.
The Duckling Gets a Cookie?!, by Mo Willems
This book is one of the funniest in Willems’ delightful series that began with Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus. Kids will giggle at Duckling and Pigeon’s antics while learning a little lesson about jealousy.
Milk and Cookies, by Frank Asch
Comfort kids who are having bad dreams with this sweet story of a little bear who learns that scary things might not be what they seem.
The Doorbell Rang, by Pat Hutchins
More and more visitors turn a brother and sister’s small plate of cookies into a big math problem in this funny story.
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, by Laura Joffe Numeroff, illustrated by Felicia Bond
No cookie book list would be complete without this classic! Read it along with one of its many sequels, or encourage kids to make up their own “If You Give a…” stories.