"Wait here."
"You call those
COOKIES?
UMF!
Want to see the
biggest cookie ever?
I'll show you."
A little girl and her stuffed animal head off for a day of fun, enjoying the many pleasures of a leafy autumn world. Her pup, left behind, sleeps. At the end of a day spent outdoors, and followed by a quiet read, a warm bath, a nourishing supper, she is exhausted. It's time for bed!
A quick good night to her pet, Planet, and she is asleep. Planet is not. A quick kiss and he is off to do some exploring of his own. Falling to the bottom of the stairs, Planet is terrified by a sniffing sound and faints. Elliott, the sniffing dog, manages to awaken the fallen toy. A night filled with grand adventure begins.
Unimpressed by the cookies that have their attention, an instructive mouse offers a chance to see 'the biggest cookie ever'. The next part of their journey returns Planet to the outdoors where, through ingenious assistance from Elliott, he finds himself in the branches of a tree and face-to-face with the moon - 'the BIGGEST cookie ever'.
"I have never been able
to reach it. But
maybe you can ...
You have such long arms.
You just need to believe ...
and run ...
and run ...
... and JUMP!"
Epic fail! Or should I have said fall ...
Time to call it a day.
I love the changes in the graphic panels for the telling of this new work from the fabulous Liniers.
The story moves quickly, and never loses its impact despite multiple readings. Much of the book is wordless, offering readers a chance to 'read' and interpret much of the action on their own.
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