Cookie & Milk: A Scientifically Stunt-tastic Sisterhood

by Michele McAvoy, Jessica Gibson (Illustrator)

Overview

Cookie is a genius—Milk, a daredevil. Cookie loves math and science while Milk loves sports and adrenaline. They are opposites. But they’re also best friends. 

Without Milk, Cookie couldn’t imagine her best inventions. And without Cookie, Milk couldn’t do the cool stuff that she loves to do. 

But can smart and sporty really go together?

Follow this dynamic duo through their skateboard stunts and tubular-tastic surfs to discover what lies beneath true friendship.

Written by Michele McAvoy, this First Place Dragonfly Book Award winner breaks stereotypes and puts the fabulousness of STEM in the limelight. It is sure to entertain, excite and endear young readers and parents alike.

This book comes with a free Reader’s Companion, complete with discussion questions, lesson plans and activities to go beyond the book. Download your copy direct from the publisher website.

The best book for positively embracing STEM and diversity. 

Cookie & Milk carries the key message of STEM advocacy, multi-racial families and diversity supported by the many advocates of positive parenting solutions. It'll sit comfortably on your shelf alongside other books that focus on similar issues, such as the work of Andrea Beaty (Ada Twist Scientist) Beth Ferry (Stone).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780997608595
Publisher:	Cardinal Rule Press
Publication date:	10/01/2019
Edition description:	None
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	1,094,663
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.10(d)
Lexile:	520L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Michele McAvoy is an award-winning children’s book author from New Jersey. As a child, she read Judy Blume and drew Garfield comics. Now all grown-up, she loves bringing joy to children through her own stories. Jessica Gibson is a self-taught professional illustrator based in Michigan who has been illustrating for children’s publishing since 2016. Besides picture books, her artwork has been featured in publications such as American Girl Magazine.

Editorial Reviews

"Smart, sassy, supportive girl power to the max!" —Kirkus Reviews


"Written in a cartoon-type format with great illustrations, this book is sure to capture your child's imagination." —Midwest Book Reviews

A thoroughly charming picture book story with a valuable underlying message about friendship, Cookie & Milk will prove to be an enduringly popular and appreciated addition to family, elementary school, and community library collections for young readers." —Children’s Bookwatch

From the Publisher

2019-06-16
It can be hard to make friends when your personalities clash.

McAvoy's friendship tale features two girls who recount how they learned to be friends and bonded over their personality differences. Cookie is a brown girl who loves science, and Milk is a white girl who loves sports. The girls banter back and forth, recalling how they discovered they have fun playing together—especially when they use their complementary personalities to accomplish something awesome! If Milk wants to skate, then Cookie is in the background helping her reach her fullest potential by building a ramp, for instance. Throughout the book, early readers will love guessing what Milk's younger brother is trying to communicate (he also slyly breaks the fourth wall) when he introduces fans to exciting new science words such as "engine's ear!"—er, "engineer." Caregivers will also find helpful starter questions to ask when exploring differences with their kids. Those questions provide a framework within which young readers may learn to value and accept differences in themselves and others. Even after the story, readers are provided with a list of powerhouse women who were either "smart" or "sporty," and a glossary of words encourages supportive friendships. Gibson's simple, cartoon illustrations playfully remind girls that there are universal commonalities in sisterhood.

Smart, sassy, supportive girl power to the max! (Picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews