By Jamie Maletta
We’ve all heard of Laura Numeroff’s very popular book, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, and her numerous books to follow such as Happy Valentine’s Day Mouse (my son’s first love), If You Take a Mouse to School, and If You Give a Mouse a Brownie. (Only to name a few!) These books are absolutely darling and beloved by many since Laura Numeroff’s debut in 1985.
If You Give a Moose a Muffin is one of my son’s very favourite books. With large, bright, and colourful pages and a sentence or two on each page to keep their little minds engaged, this is the perfect book to add to your child’s collection. The writing is done in such a way that easily describes the story, and the illustrations go right along with it. All to be easily understood by a younger age group while still being interesting enough for the 3-7 age range (as appropriately suggested). This sweet and silly story will have the young reader in your life happily amused as the moose is given muffin after muffin, to only want more muffins, with an array of shenanigans that ensue during their adventure to obtain yet another! I have now read this book many times, and I don’t tire of this adorable story!
Although this book is one of the classics, first released in 1991, I find myself just as engaged now as I would have been as a child. I think we sometimes forget about our favourite childhood books, and when they resurface into our lives, it’s such a wonderful and nostalgic experience to read them again to someone we love. Laura Numeroff has so many really great books, from board books to hard and soft covers to choose from, and each one is adorable in its own way. I highly recommend If You Give a Moose a Muffin and the many other books within the collection by Laura Numeroff, as they truly are such a special read!