Tough Cookie Book Review
Alice and I are at it again with another kids book!! Today we bring you Tough Cookie by Kate Louise & Illustrated by Grace Sandford. What a sweet book this is!!
When this gingerbread man was baked, someone forgot to put in the ginger. He’s made of eggs and cinnamon and flour and butter and sugar, but he’s missing a key ingredient! Without ginger, the gingerbread man feels like he’s not really a gingerbread man at all! He can’t be sold in the bakery, so he lives at the back of the store. And there he causes all kinds of trouble.
This gingerbread man eats the baker’s decorating candy. He throws sprinkles across the counter and squirts frosting on the walls. It’s not long before the baker has had enough of the gingerbread man’s mischief and orders him to leave. The gingerbread man realizes he’ll have to change his ways, and the baker decides to help. He teaches the gingerbread man that his ingredients don’t make him who he is—it’s his character that defines him. So the gingerbread man begins to help the baker decorate the other gingerbread men and women. He helps prepare them and makes sure they find their way on their journey from the oven to the bakery shelf. And he always makes sure to add the ginger.
This is a story about being kind and finding happiness through helping others. Sandford’s cute illustrations accompany Louise’s sweet story, and children won’t be able to resist its delightful charm.
Oh my goodness, this story had Alice laughing. Tough Cookie
Such a wonderful story!! Perfect for showing kids to share kindness and finding happiness! Such a wonderful book! With absolutely adorable illustrations!
You should have heard Alice laugh when The NaNa DIDN’T have ginger to make cookies to go with our new book. Alice warned me that if we made a gingerbread man he would make a big mess. This kid is soooo funny so she put the gingerbread man in the zip-lock baggie so he can’t get out!!
Publisher: Sky Pony Press
Author: Kate Louise
Illustrator: Grace Sandford
Publication Date:2015-11-03
ISBN-10:1634501977
ISBN-13:9781634501972
Number of Pages: 32 Pages
Book Type: Hardcover
Size: 7.3″ by 7.3″
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5 Comments
Rosie
What a cute idea for a story. And it wouldn’t hurt to make some gingerbread men cookies while having a fun time, too, and make sure to include the ginger!
Laura
This book looks adorable! I’m sure it would make a perfect gift for Christmas. We already bought all of the Christmas gifts this year. We went with a book theme though! 🙂
Sarah L
I like a book that would make kids laugh and teach them to be kind.
Kelly
Sounds like a wonderful book. I am going to buy this for my oldest and dearest friend and make some cookies to go with it. I just love the idea.
KATE SARSFIELD
The gingerbread man is helping to make other gingerbread men & women – for people to eat? Isn’t this a felony? Culpable manslaughter?