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If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Laura Joffe Numeroff
Children Ages 4-7
If a hungry little mouse shows up on your doorstep, you might want to give him a cookie. And if you give him a cookie, he'll ask for a glass of milk. He'll want to look in a mirror to make sure he doesn't have a milk mustache, and then he'll ask for a pair of scissors to give himself a trim....
This book is the first introduction to Mouse, the star of the If You Give... series and a favorite among children. With its spare, rhythmic text and circular tale, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is perfect for beginning readers and story time.
Questions Just for Fun
What did you think was the silliest thing the mouse did in this book?
Questions to Think Critically and Biblically
Can mice really do all of the things described in this book? Why of why not?
Discussion Guide - Discuss how mice cannot do things like ask humans for a cookie or a drink, trim their fur with scissors, sweep, draw, or sign their name. Read Genesis 1:24-27. Discuss how God purposefully created land animals, like mice, but they were not created in God’s image. So, they cannot do many of the things described in this book.
This book is silly, imagining that mice are exactly like people. Sometimes, humans actually think this way. And sometimes, we make the same mistake when thinking about God. We think He is just like us. Where should we go to learn the truth about who God is?
Discussion Guide - Discuss how we should go to God’s Word to learn the truth about who He is, rather than just imagining that He is exactly like us. Read Numbers 23:19 and discuss some ways that God is different from us.
Bonus Question - If you have taken your child through Foundation Attributes of God Curriculum, ask, “What are one or two of God’s incommunicable attributes that show that He is completely different from us? What are one or two of God’s communicable attributes that He allows us to reflect?
Discussion Guide - Discuss any of the following attributes by reviewing the Scripture passages covered and the games played in the lessons.
Incommunicable Attributes
- God Is Self-Existent - God Has No Cause
- God Is Self-Sufficient - God Doesn’t Need Anything Outside of Himself
- God Is Eternal - God Has No Beginning and No End
- God Is Infinite - God Has No Limits
- God Is Immutable - God Never Changes
- God Is Omnipotent - God Is All Powerful
- God Is Omniscient - God Knows All Things
- God Is Omnipresent - God Is Everywhere
Communicable Attributes
- God Is Wise - God Always Knows and Does What Is Best
- God Is Faithful - God Always Keeps His Promises
- God Is Good - God Always Acts Kindly Toward His Creation
- God Is Just - God Always Does What Is Right and Punishes Sin
- God Is Merciful - God Does Not Give Us the Punishment We Deserve
- God Is Gracious - God Gives Good Gifts to Those Who Deserve Punishment
- God Is Love - God Gives of Himself
- God Is Holy - God Is Perfect, Exalted, and Set Apart
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