Moose

A silly book that teaches children using humor that if you do something you probably shouldn't, you may end up causing a string of problematic cause and effect. I can use this book as a fun way to engage kids while teaching them cause and effect situations. ( )

Title: If You Give A Moose A Muffin
- Author: Laura Joffe Numeroff
- Illustrator: Felicia Bond
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Date: 1991 (year published)
- Pages: 32
- Type of Book/Genre: Picture book, Fiction
- Short Summary of the Plot: This story is a “domino effect” type of book; for example, if you give a moose a muffin he will want jam with it, then he will eat them all, then you will have to make more, the moose will want to come with you to get the ingredients, he will need a sweater because it is cold, and so on and so forth. After all these things the moose asks for as a result of the previous event, it all goes back to him wanting another muffin with jam.
- Tags/subject headings that describe the content: friendship, demanding, muffins.
- My response: This book follows the same algorithm of the, “If You Give A Mouse A Cookie,” by the same author. It is enjoyable, and I think the kids in my class would like it too.

A fun prediction book.

E was not amused with anything other than the bright green end pages. Soooo we'll stick with board books for longer

Interestingly enough, I realized that I probably learned the wrong lesson from this series, years ago. I, for various reasons, always identified with the little boy and thought the moral was to learn to say no when what the author probably wanted, all along, was to teach a lesson about wanting things.

Glad I didn't completely miss that message... ( )