"If You Give A Mouse A Cookie"

If You Give A Mouse A Cookie
Author: Laura Joffe Numeroff
Illustrator: Felicia Bond
Genre: Picture Book, Young Children's Literature
Subgenre: Comical Children's Novel, Fiction
Theme: Being Needy, Greed, Asking for more
Primary/Secondary Characters: The Mouse, The Boy
Date of Publication: Year 1985
Publishing Company: Harper Collins Publishers

Summary: A mouse asks for a cookie from his owner, a young boy, and the boy gives him a cookie. He then asks for a glass of milk, then keeps asking for more and more after that. The mouse never seems satisfied, and the boy keeps getting him what he asks for. The mouse cleans the floors, trims his hairs, draws pictures, and in the end just ends up getting another cookie.
This can be used in a classroom full of young students, as it teaches them not to be needy, and that being greedy is not nice. They are able to put themselves in the young boys shoes, and see how they would feel if someone was never satisfied and kept asking for more. Students would enjoy the colorful pictures, and look forward to what the mouse would ask for next. When children go to ask for something more, they would reflect back on this novel and second guess their next request.