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CookieBot!: A Harry and Horsie Adventure
The Problem: Harry and Horsie want cookies, but the jar is way out of reach.
The Solution: Build CookieBot--the most amazing cookie-grabbing robot ever!
What could go wrong?
The Solution: Build CookieBot--the most amazing cookie-grabbing robot ever!
What could go wrong?
36 pages, Hardcover
First published June 1, 2011
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September 22, 2012
The most amazing retro comic book-esque graphics in any children's book! Unfortunately the story is mediocre at best.
November 4, 2018
Harry and Horsie want cookies, but they can't reach them. The obvious solution - build a robot. Things get out of hand when the robot gets a little out of control.
Cute, fun story. Love the retro style illustrations.
Cute, fun story. Love the retro style illustrations.
May 9, 2017
Amazing illustrations, but text adds little more than setup for the situation.
April 24, 2018
This is a great read with wonderful illustrations that are comic book style. Cookiebot was a great idea until Harry started losing control of him.
Picture Book/Fiction
Picture Book/Fiction
July 27, 2018
LOVED!
February 20, 2020
A colourful adventure perfect for my 5 year old! We’ve read this book many times and he never gets tired of it and I don’t tire of reading it. Robots, cookies...fun!
August 31, 2022
5 stars for the excellent illustrations. Did not care for the prose though.
August 31, 2023
So cute! Harry and Horsie want cookies, but the cookie jar is beyond their reach. So they come up with a clever solution...CookieBot!
December 12, 2025
Super cute - would be great for a cookie Storytime or robots
July 17, 2012
Age level: 3-6 years
Reading level: 2nd grade
Genre: Modern Fantasy/Sci Fi
Characters: Horsie, Henry, Cookiebot
Setting: NY
POV: narrator
The basic premise of this story is centered around Henry, a human, and Horsie, his stuffed animal friend. At the beginning of the story, Harry and Horsie are playing, and Harry hears a vicious stomach growl. Harry and Horsie both agree that they are hungry for...cookies! However, they run into a problem: the cookie jar is placed far too high on the shelf for them to reach! So, they must use their creative & imaginative minds to devise a plan to get the cookies. Horsie knew exactly what to do and soon enough, Harry and Horsie are using wrenches, spatulas, and hammers to build a splendid, large creation: a COOKIEBOT! At first, Cookiebot seems exciting! But Harry and Horsie soon discover that Cookiebot is a true addict....to cookies. And his fix MUST be satisfied at all costs. Cookiebot ravages through the downtown area, devouring every cookie in sight. Harry is at a loss-- he doesn't know what to do. But, once again, Horsie uses his fine imagination to save the city from being robbed of all its cookies. The robot tramples through the city block and Horsie builds an airplane and attaches a very large sugar cookie to distract Cookiebot from the city pastry cafes. Cookiebot ends up falling to his feet from dizziness after Horsie circles him at a fast pace in his airplane, and the story ends with Horsie giving Harry a tall glass of milk.
Personal reaction/if I would recommend: I have to say that I was a little disappointed with this book. It was sort of anti-climactic, and there were no deeper themes I felt that could be explored. The illustrations were interesting-- very retro. I think it's a good book to to have students visualize this imaginative world where stuffed Horsies become super heroes and young boys build robots that devour cookies, and I think I could pull an activity out of that, like what type of robot the students might build. But, still, it's missing something.
Reading level: 2nd grade
Genre: Modern Fantasy/Sci Fi
Characters: Horsie, Henry, Cookiebot
Setting: NY
POV: narrator
The basic premise of this story is centered around Henry, a human, and Horsie, his stuffed animal friend. At the beginning of the story, Harry and Horsie are playing, and Harry hears a vicious stomach growl. Harry and Horsie both agree that they are hungry for...cookies! However, they run into a problem: the cookie jar is placed far too high on the shelf for them to reach! So, they must use their creative & imaginative minds to devise a plan to get the cookies. Horsie knew exactly what to do and soon enough, Harry and Horsie are using wrenches, spatulas, and hammers to build a splendid, large creation: a COOKIEBOT! At first, Cookiebot seems exciting! But Harry and Horsie soon discover that Cookiebot is a true addict....to cookies. And his fix MUST be satisfied at all costs. Cookiebot ravages through the downtown area, devouring every cookie in sight. Harry is at a loss-- he doesn't know what to do. But, once again, Horsie uses his fine imagination to save the city from being robbed of all its cookies. The robot tramples through the city block and Horsie builds an airplane and attaches a very large sugar cookie to distract Cookiebot from the city pastry cafes. Cookiebot ends up falling to his feet from dizziness after Horsie circles him at a fast pace in his airplane, and the story ends with Horsie giving Harry a tall glass of milk.
Personal reaction/if I would recommend: I have to say that I was a little disappointed with this book. It was sort of anti-climactic, and there were no deeper themes I felt that could be explored. The illustrations were interesting-- very retro. I think it's a good book to to have students visualize this imaginative world where stuffed Horsies become super heroes and young boys build robots that devour cookies, and I think I could pull an activity out of that, like what type of robot the students might build. But, still, it's missing something.
March 30, 2016
Harry and Horsie are building a city of blocks when their tummies start grumbling. Only a cookie will satisfy their rumblings! There's only one problem- the cookie jar is up high and out of reach. They build a robot called Cookiebot to get the cookies, but when the robot gets his hands on them he wants more! He stomps his way through the city to the Empire Sweets Cafe and starts gobbling up all the cookies! Soon there won't be a cookie left in the city! Horsie comes to save the day in an airplane. Dangling from the cockpit is a giant rainbow sugar cookie. Cookiebot can't take his eyes off it! Horsie flies around and around, and Cookiebot get dizzier and dizzier trying to keep the big cookie in view. He gets so dizzy he falls- BOOM! The cookie pieces rain down on the kids in the street and Horsie takes Harry home and gives him a glass of milk.
I love the artwork! Horsie is Harry's favorite toy and personal hero. He always knows what to do. I like that Harry and Horsie use their imagination and skill to create a solution to their problem...even though the plan backfires.
I love the artwork! Horsie is Harry's favorite toy and personal hero. He always knows what to do. I like that Harry and Horsie use their imagination and skill to create a solution to their problem...even though the plan backfires.
June 24, 2016
The young tools, robots, and adventure enthusiast is sure to love this problem (novel) picture book.
Harry's tummy growls which makes him think about cookies which are in a jar on TOP the refrigerator. What to do? His stuffed Horsie helps by handing Harry-the-Inventor the wrench, hammer, spatula, etc, as a COOKIEBOT is constructed.
An aside to the parent-- your little one may be exposed to some new vocabulary such as "sprockets" and "secure" and "speed control". You get the drift. Also, there's a splendid blueprint illustration, an impressive two-page-tall illustration (you'll have to turn the book to take advantage of the effect). Some pages evoke comic-book style with four panels across a double-page spread. The four-color separation gives a retro feel, sporting black, blue, yellow, and red.
Meanwhile, back to the story, COOKIEBOT is out of control, growing to massive proportions and stalking the city (complete with an Empire Sweets Building) in King Kong fashion.
No need to despair -- Horsie saves the day by creating a (drumroll) SUGAR CRASH!
Harry's tummy growls which makes him think about cookies which are in a jar on TOP the refrigerator. What to do? His stuffed Horsie helps by handing Harry-the-Inventor the wrench, hammer, spatula, etc, as a COOKIEBOT is constructed.
An aside to the parent-- your little one may be exposed to some new vocabulary such as "sprockets" and "secure" and "speed control". You get the drift. Also, there's a splendid blueprint illustration, an impressive two-page-tall illustration (you'll have to turn the book to take advantage of the effect). Some pages evoke comic-book style with four panels across a double-page spread. The four-color separation gives a retro feel, sporting black, blue, yellow, and red.
Meanwhile, back to the story, COOKIEBOT is out of control, growing to massive proportions and stalking the city (complete with an Empire Sweets Building) in King Kong fashion.
No need to despair -- Horsie saves the day by creating a (drumroll) SUGAR CRASH!
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March 21, 2013
Katie brings us another adventure in the Harry and Horsie line of children's books. Katie's story, woven together with awesome illustrations, brings to life a grand adventure beyond the normal taking of a cookie from the jar! With Harry and Horsie building the Cookiebot to reach and retrieve them some cookies, the Cookiebot becomes a cookie-monster itself and it's up to Harry and Horsie to save all the cookies! I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I know my family and friends will see what a wonderful story it is and want it for their own children! Bravo to Katie and her "Harry and the Horsie" adventures! I can't wait for more!
January 4, 2023
Harry and Horsie ride again. This second story book in the Harry and Horsie adventure series is great. Harry decides to build a robot to get the cookies from the top of the fridge. But soon the robot is out of control. Harry is trapped inside and rampaging. The illustrations are similar to the first book but with a different pallet. Drawn like classic newspaper cartoons, there is a sense of nostalgia reading the book. Children love the story and ask for it to be read frequently.
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July 20, 2011
Katie Van Camp and Lincoln Agnew have a pop art style they incorporate in with fun story telling. Harry and his trusted sidekick Horsie are on a mission to get to the cookie jar, that for some strange reason their mother has placed WAY WAY up on top of the refrigerator. What can they do? Maybe built a cookiebot to scale this enormous obstacle and aid them in obtaining the cookie nourishment they so desire??
July 27, 2011
26 months - what a fun story and great illustrations! We loved this little boy's imagination and the retro graphics and colors are fabulous! I was thrilled that it was in picture book format vs. comic book text bubbles. That would have lost it for me. I enjoyed being taken into Harry's imagination where everything is bigger than life; then when we return we see him wearing his cardboard robot costume. Love the details!
February 16, 2015
My nephews definitely liked this, it's a total boy palooza with a robot and cool boy in the lead.
It's basically an adventure about getting cookies to alleviate hunger that leads he main character into building a robot to get the cookies for him. But the robot goes haywire and that's when the fun really begins.
So yeah, it was an interesting read and was definitely a lot of fun.
It's basically an adventure about getting cookies to alleviate hunger that leads he main character into building a robot to get the cookies for him. But the robot goes haywire and that's when the fun really begins.
So yeah, it was an interesting read and was definitely a lot of fun.
November 25, 2015
Cute story about a boy and his toy Horsie who want cookies for a snack. Mom put the cookie jar way up high on top of the refrigerator where they can't reach it. So, they made a robot to get them down: Cookiebot! But Cookiebot doesn't just retrieve cookies, he wants to devour them all as well!
Good for preschool storytimes.
Good for preschool storytimes.
January 19, 2016
This is just a fun story of a boy using his imagination. No morals or message to be a better person. This one of my boy's favorite stories. But then, it's about a robot and cookies, what more could a three year old want?
Overall, fun illustrations and promoting imagination make this a win for both my boy and I. It's fun to read and has a good flow.
Overall, fun illustrations and promoting imagination make this a win for both my boy and I. It's fun to read and has a good flow.
October 31, 2020
Of course if you build a robot to get you cookies, it will run amok! What else would happen! This is a funny little story with super-bold kind of retro art that I really enjoyed. This is more for younger kids, but well worth tracking down - especially because it's so hard to find really good robot picture books for kids.
January 27, 2012
Boy and Horse want cookies. Boy and Horse build robot to get cookies. Robot goes on a cookie-filled bender with Boy in cockpit until Horse saves the say by making the Robot "sugar crash."
Cute pop art illustrations.
Cute pop art illustrations.
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July 23, 2013
Great book for a 4-5 year-old. Fun, simple story, and the illustrations are a great combination of vintage-looking drawings and crisp, modern renderings. Look for funny details in the drawings, too!
August 5, 2011
What kid hasn't wanted to build a robot for reaching the cookies stored up high? Cute, funny and a terrific adventure for Harry and Horsie.
August 15, 2011
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August 31, 2011
It's all about the illustrations.
October 26, 2011
I liked the artwork, but the story was a little boring to me personally...though I suspect it is very engaging for a young reader...
November 2, 2011
Another fun, retro adventure with Harry and Horsie.
December 15, 2011
Great kid appeal and imagination, like the pop-art bold illustrations.
January 24, 2012
This is a cute book. The illustrations are vintage. Very imaginative. I liked it but I didn't love it.
March 2, 2012
Retro illustrations. Plot reminds me of Saturday morning cartoons. Not very original. It has more adult- than kid-appeal. Meh.
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