Title: Cookie Countdown

Author: Sarah Albee

Illustrator: Tom Leigh

Genre/Theme: Traditional Literature

Summary of Book: Cookie Monster starts out with five cookies. Cookie Monster's friends stop in and one by one the cookies are quickly disappearing. Cookie Monster is sad when he is out of cookies, but quickly cheers up when his friends surprise him with more cookies to share!

Characters: Cookie Monster, Grover, Elmo, Zoe, and the 2-headed purple friend (not named).

Reader's Comments: I think this is a cute book to read to children. The vocabulary is too high for most young children to read word for word, but the children can quickly pick up on the predictable story (counting down from 5) to paraphrase and help read the book. This is a board book that has big, plastic, googly eyes that stick up through all of the pages. The front of the book is soft to touch (on Cookie Monster's fur). The pictures throughout the book are bright and colorful. The story shows children that sharing with your friends is a great thing to do.

Age Appropriateness: Preschool-Kindergarten