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REVIEW: It's National Chocolate Chip Day!

5/15/2019

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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: 
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TITLE: HOW THE COOKIE CRUMBLED: THE TRUE (AND NOT SO TRUE) STORIES OF THE INVENTION OF THE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Gilbert Ford

PUBLISHER: Atheneum Books for Young Readers/2017

​OPENING LINES: Doe these look familiar? Ever wonder where these round, crispy, chocolatey pieces of perfection came from? Everyone agrees that the chocolate chip cookie was invented by Ruth Wakefield. But how did she do it? That’s where the story gets messy. I’m here to show you some ways it could have happened. So sit back, grab a cookie, and let me sweep up the crumbs.

​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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    Heather is a busy wife and mom of five rambunctious children and one lovable pup They all provide lots of distractions, but oodles of inspiration.  Sometimes the pictures and ideas in her head turn into her own children's stories, but she always makes time to read other people's books. Sometimes she reviews them here.

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