If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is featured on A to Z StoryBook Corner. One request leads to another in a circular chain that makes cause and effect playful and easy to explore.
Watch the read-aloud
See the story unfold
Ideas to explore together
Each event becomes the reason for the next request. Once the pattern becomes clear, readers can anticipate what may happen.
After the read-aloud
Which link in the chain surprised you most, and why? How could the host be helpful while also deciding when the day’s activity is finished?