"A Cow, A Bee, a Cookie, and Me"

This, my second post of the night, is another post about a children's book. We found a fantastic book at the library (see title above), brought it home, and made the cookies it describes right after dinner. Lola was standing on a chair in the kitchen, and we read the book while we were making the cookies. In the story, Ben is making cookies with his grandma. Every time she is about to put an ingredient in the bowl, she asks Ben what ingredient they need. The ingredient is always something like, "A cow in a field eating fresh green grass." Then the grandmother follows the milk out of the cow and through the process of becoming butter for the honey cookies (sugar cookies) that they are making. It is a very simple book that a 2.5 year old can follow, although she may not really comprehend the significance of the source of the ingredients ("one thousand honey bees," for instance). At the back of the book is the recipe and simple instructions, although the grandma gives you all the measurements in the narrative itself. It was good fun, matey! And Lola helped stir the cookie dough and then roll the balls of dough in sugar and cinnamon.--K