Catch That Cookie!
Catch That Cookie!

Catch That Cookie!

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$18.99
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3 - 5
Reading age
32
Page count
22
Words per page
AD520L
Lexile measure
Aug 14, 2014
Publication date

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Publisher Summary

Solve the riddles to find the runaway gingerbread men in this funny and magical cookie hunt! Marshall knows one thing for sure, despite what all the stories say: Gingerbread men cannot run. Cookies are for eating, and he can’t wait to eat his after spending all morning baking them with his class. But when it’s time to take the gingerbread men out of the oven . . . they’re gone! Now, to find those rogue cookies, Marshall and his class have to solve a series of rhyming clues. And Marshall just might have to rethink his stance on magic. Catch That Cookie! is an imaginative mystery, deliciously illustrated by Caldecott Medal winner David Small. It’s sure to inspire a new classroom tradition . . . and maybe even a few new believers!

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    The perfect holiday book (that also isn't specifically a holiday book... just about gingerbread men!) about the joy of believing! The story is adorable, the little rhyming clues the gingerbread men leave behind are clever and the illustrations are great! I really appreciate that the class in this book is diverse as well.

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    This is one of my boys all time favorite books! They love love love the adventure of the runaway gingerbread men cookies. This always brings an element of fun to our holiday season. We read it and make our own cookies that always seem to run away. Just like Marshall, my boys get to be detectives and try out their sleuthing for those cookies!

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    We love this story, especially during the holidays. It's a fun story of mystery, teamwork, and problem solving. It has even inspired us to start our own family tradition of making runaway gingerbread men, and our kids look forward to it each year. We have definitely enjoyed having it in our library and would recommend it!

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    Such a fun book for the holidays (but not specific to holidays). I love that it uses some sleuthing skills, and the ending is great. This book would be such a fun one to read when you make gingerbread cookies with your own kids, and even sparks a fun activity idea to do a treasure hunt for your gingerbread men! :)

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The Creatives Behind the Book

    Author
    Holly M. McGhee (a.k.a. Hallie Durand)

    Hallie Durand’s favorite dessert is vanilla ice cream drowned in hot-fudge sauce. She grew up in a large, food-loving family much like the one in her books. But unlike Dessert, Hallie had to eat dessert after supper. When she’s not writing, she likes to visit fondue restaurants to do “research.” Hallie lives with her family in New Jersey. (Bio via http://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Hallie-Durand/46783748)

    Illustrator
    David Small

    David Small was born and raised in Detroit. In school he became known as “the kid who could draw good,” but David never considered a career in art because it was so easy for him. At 21, after many years of writing plays, David took the advice of a friend who informed him that the doodles he made on the telephone pad were better than anything he had ever written. He switched his major to Art and never looked back. After getting his MFA at the Yale Graduate School of Art, David taught art for many years on the college level, ran a film series, and made satirical sketches for campus newspapers. Approaching tenure, he wrote and illustrated a picture book, Eulalie and the Hopping Head, which he took to New York, pounding the pavements and collecting rejections for a month in the dead of winter. Eulalie was published in 1981. Although tenure at the college did not follow, many more picture books did, as well as extensive work for national magazines and newspapers. His drawings appeared regularly in The New Yorker and The New York Times. A learn-as-you-go illustrator, David’s books have been translated into several languages, made into animated films and musicals, and have won many of the top awards accorded to illustration, including the 1997 Caldecott Honor and The Christopher Medal for The Gardener written by his wife, Sarah Stewart, and the 2001 Caldecott Medal for So, You Want To Be President? by Judith St. George. “At the Caldecott ceremony in San Francisco,” said David, “facing that veritable sea of smiling faces — of librarians, of friends in publishing, of my family and other well-wishers — I was so overcome that I lost my voice and croaked my way through the speech. Having been turned from a frog into a prince by the American Library Association, before their eyes that night, I turned back into a frog.” (Bio via davidsmallbooks.com)

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Book Details

ISBN
9780525428350
Publication Date
August 14, 2014
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Original Publication Date
August 14, 2014
Page Count
32
Words Per Page
22
Audience
Picture
Reading Age
3 - 5 years
Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
2013042651
Lexile® Level
AD520L
Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
~N
ATOS® Book Level
2.8
Accelerated Reader® Points
0.5
Accelerated Reader Quiz
172817
Accelerated Reader Interest Level
LG

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