A Cybils Awards Nominee!
Title: The Way the
Cookie Crumbled
Author: Jody Jensen Shaffer
Illustrations: Kelly Kennedy
Publisher: Simon
Spotlight
ISBN: 9781484487082
Review:
Kids love cookies. Learning
about the history of the cookie is very interesting and engaging. Cookies had a
rough start about ten thousand years ago, grain mixed with water were baked on
sun warmed rocks. In the 600s of Persia, eggs, butter, cream, fruit, honey and
sugar were added to the same flat tasting paste. Clay ovens with wood fires
baked these little cakes. Overtime, many countries and cultures added their own
twists of flavor like cinnamon, anise, coconut and molasses to name a few.
Recipes were created and
shared. Machines were designed and the packaged cookie was born. History shows
the cookie was used as a way to celebrate a special occasion, like the change
of the seasons. In the Netherlands, St. Nicholas was given carrots for his
horses. Later Santa Claus was left cookies as a sign of hope for better times
ahead. Young readers will enjoy learning about the history of the cookie.
Parents and teachers will appreciate kids wanting to read a nonfiction book
that has a subject they can sink their teeth into.
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