Bookie & Cookie

by Blanca Gómez

Overview

Even the best friendships have rough moments, but a true friend will always find a way to compromise (especially when cookies are involved!) – a scrumptious and clever read-aloud by the illustrator of Very Good Hats and Besos for Baby.

Bookie and Cookie are best friends. They love to spend time together, reading books and snacking on treats. But whenever this happens, it’s always at Cookie’s home . . . until the day when Bookie insists on getting together at his home instead. Cookie refuses: He doesn’t want to try something new. And now Bookie and Cookie are both alone, and the activities they used to enjoy together aren’t nearly as much fun. Can the two buddies each try something new for the sake of their friendship?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593696804
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	09/03/2024
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	10.38(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.39(d)
Lexile:	AD530L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

Blanca Gómez is an illustrator and designer who started creating illustrations for her mother when she was just a child. Now her art can be seen in the acclaimed picture books Besos for Baby, One Family, Red House Brown Mouse, Dress-Up Day, and Very Good Hats, among others.

Editorial Reviews

06/10/2024

The round-headed, toylike protagonists of this meta fable each live on one side of the book’s opposing pages. Residing on the verso, Bookie is a bespectacled bibliophile portrayed with brown skin and a brimmed hat; on the recto, pale-skinned Cookie is an avid baker who sports a chef’s toque. Once best friends, they now find themselves stewing on their respective sides. Gómez (A Place for Rain), working in single-plane digital and paper collage artwork, explains why: their get-togethers are “always in the right-hand page of the book,” and Bookie is fed up with having to cross the volume’s gutter. “My page is nice too, but you have never been there,” Bookie says; “I just like my page,” Cookie responds. “I don’t like what I don’t know.” The figurative and literal breach is bridged when Bookie hits on a clever, cookie-fueled plan—one that even propels the duo to together explore the world “outside their pages.” It’s a gentle illustration of how close friendships can require adjustments as well as give and take. Ages 3–7. Agent: Rebecca Sherman, Writers House. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly

"It’s a gentle illustration of how close friendships can require adjustments as well as give and take." —Publishers Weekly


"Bookie and Cookie demonstrate that conflict between friends isn’t a deal breaker, but rather an opportunity to deepen a relationship and practice flexibility. Illustrations are bright and charming, crafted from a delightful array of bold shapes that add playful details to the story. The book emphasizes that understanding and compromise are essential for resolving conflicts and strengthening friendships." —Kirkus

From the Publisher

2024-07-04
Bookie and Cookie are two best friends who inhabit the facing pages of a book.

Brown-skinned Bookie lives on the left-hand page and pale-skinned Cookie on the right. True to their names, Bookie loves to read and Cookie is an accomplished baker. They spend lots of time together, but Bookie soon notices they always meet on Cookie’s side. Bookie invites Cookie over to his page, but Cookie resists, insisting his page is nice and there is no reason to change. When pressed, Cookie admits he doesn’t like Bookie’s page because it’s unfamiliar. Upset, Bookie storms off, leaving both sad and alone. Each friend tries to think up a way to get the other over to their side to reconcile. Bookie tries his hand at making his own batch of cookies, using a recipe from a book, of course, and the trepidatious Cookie decides to try something new—having a cookie with Bookie on the left-hand page. Bookie and Cookie demonstrate that conflict between friends isn’t a deal breaker, but rather an opportunity to deepen a relationship and practice flexibility. Illustrations are bright and charming, crafted from a delightful array of bold shapes that add playful details to the story. The book emphasizes that understanding and compromise are essential for resolving conflicts and strengthening friendships.

Social-emotional learning done right.(Picture book. 3-7)

Kirkus Reviews