Yum! This is my kind of day to celebrate. I do love chocolate. And chocolate chips. And chocolate chip cookies. So, why don’t we celebrate by reading a picture book about the invention of the chocolate chip cookie? I’ll be your mouth will be watering by the time you finish reading: 

​When I read the opening lines of this book, I was ready to do as instructed—sit back, grab a cookie (any excuse to eat a cookie), and turn the page to find out the ways the chocolate chip cookie could have been invented. And that’s the key to what makes this nonfiction book unique—it discusses the ways the famous cookie couldhave been invented (because no one knows for sure) and then discusses the probability of which theories are most likely true. Rather than a straight-forward approach to state the facts, Gilbert Ford offers some facts, some theories, and some prompts to help the reader analyze the text. This book covers history, inventions, business, a woman entrepreneur, and cookies! I hope you grab yourself a cookie and enjoy a reading of HOW THE COOKIE CRUMBLED.
 
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Let’s face it, babies are adorable! If you don’t have a real live baby to celebrate this day with, how about reading a picture book about a baby? I present to you one of my favorite baby books: 

This book has brilliant opening lines: How can you not want to turn the page when you read that Billy was born with a mustache? You just HAVE to!

This book has a brilliant concept: A baby with a mustache? And the family has to wait to see if it’s a “good-guy” or “bad-guy” mustache? Come on! And when Billy’s mustache changes from a good-guy to a bad-guy one as he gets older, could he be hitting the “terrible twos” at about the same time? Coincidence? I think not!

This book has brilliant illustrations: Just look at how Billy’s mustache takes different forms as Billy behaves in different ways. He’s a cowboy and a man of the law and then his mustache curls as he becomes a “cereal” criminal. Hilarious! Joy Ang even incorporated the title of the book into a mustache shape on the cover. 

​I told you, brilliant! This book has cowboys, sword fighters, cat burglars, train robbers, and mustaches, of course. It’s a true example of the marriage between text and illustrations and a must-read. Once you do read it, take a look at its sequel: MUSTACHE BABY MEETS HIS MATCH (2015) which is just as brilliant. Then, if you want even more, Bridget Heos and Joy Ang have teamed up again to create ARRR MUSTACHE BABY (2019). Happy reading!
 
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