Bookie & Cookie

Bookie and Cookie are best friends. Bookie loves books and lives on the left-hand page, while Cookie loves to bake cookies and lives on the right-hand page. Bookie always visits Cookie on his page, but Cookie won’t go to the Bookie’s page. Cookie doesn’t like what he doesn’t know. This creates a fight, where each ends up alone and unhappy. Cookie bakes cookies to lure Bookie back, but Bookie won’t budge. Bookie tries baking cookies and offering them to Cookie. Cookie accepts, although Bookie notes Cookie has never eaten Bookie’s cookies before, and he doesn’t like what he doesn’t know. Cookie, however, wisely points out that he can’t know what he likes unless he tries it. Then Cookie offers to visit Bookie’s page to try the cookies.
,br>Blanca Gomez has written a sweet story that cleverly uses the page to send an important message to young readers not to be afraid to try new things. For the young reader whose first response to everything is “NO!” Bookie & Cookie is an excellent choice.