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Baker, Baker, Cookie Maker (Sesame Street)

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Cookie Monster is baking loads of his favorite cookies at the Sesame Street Bakery. But the tasty treats get gobbled up so fast by his friends—Elmo, Big Bird, Grover, Bert, Ernie, and the others—that Cookie never even gets to taste them! Will he ever get to eat one of his own cookies? Lots of humor and catchy rhyming text in this Step 2 graded reader will send toddlers away laughing every single time!

32 pages, Paperback

First published August 11, 1998

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Linda Hayward

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Linda was born in California’s Central Valley, but raised and schooled in south Alabama, during the turbulent 1960’s. Married to her high school sweetheart, she and Tom have two grandchildren, Georgia and Joshua, who give her plenty of ideas for writing children’s stories.

Her first book in the series, “Marshall Visit’s the Hospital,” Marshall leads children around a sometimes scary world, showing them there’s nothing to be afraid of in instances of doctor visits or the possibilities of staying in a hospital. In subsequent books, Marshall will show there are responsibilities to be met as a contributor to the family: caring for pets, helping others, volunteering one’s time, and even accepting a new baby into the household. It is hoped that Marshall will teach children about their world in a fun and entertaining way. The reality is, they may at sometime need to protect themselves against strangers and bullies. Marshall is here to help build their self-confidence and not make them afraid to stand up for themselves.

Marshall, will also teach the importance of staying healthy and seeing the fun in fitness.

It is Linda’s hope that children from the ages three to eight can relate and benefit from Marshall and his friend’s experiences.

Her first in a series, MARSHALL VISITS the HOSPITAL, was published and released in October 2008. Linda has worked in childcare development and has been a teacher’s assistant to first graders. She has written several short stories, for Ben Romero’s book, CHICKEN FLUFF AND OTHER STUFF, and for author, Janice Stevens’ anthology, STORIES OF SERVICE. She is currently working on a history project for the Clovis Unified School District, to be published and released in 2009.

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Profile Image for Diressa Belcher.
60 reviews2 followers
November 22, 2013
Cookie Monster is a famous cookie baker! Every time he bakes cookies everyone eats them ALL up! Oh no! What will Cookie Monster do? he simply bakes more cookies!

In terms of literacy this is a great book because it emphasizes the use of rhyming words in a text. Younger children can recognize and say these rhyming word pairs. This is a great book to do a read aloud on. It is funny, cute and very short. Students will enjoy the context because it is familiar. Also this is a great book to teach sequencing. Students could describe what Cookie Monster did first, next, then and last.
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2,109 reviews14 followers
August 15, 2019
I've been reading this book daily to my daughter for nearly a month now. It's just perfect for her and she's 2. She loves the pictures and is upset when Cookie Monster doesn't get any cookies because they are all eaten. It's adorable. Fun book!
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4,254 reviews74 followers
July 28, 2022
Cookie Monster keeps selling all the cookies before he has a chance to eat one.

This beginning reader uses simple language and short sentences. There are repeated phrases that allow young readers to participate in the story and anticipate what will happen next.
10.8k reviews29 followers
January 12, 2018
Cookie monster is busy making cookies but will he ever get to eat one. great rhyming and pacing although a few kids got sad about cookie monsters lack of cookies. toddler and up
Profile Image for Vivian.
2,397 reviews
August 13, 2016
When using this in a story time be sure to have the children pantomime the verbs with you.
--mixes batter with a beater (pretend to hold an old fashioned mixer with one hand and turn the handle with the other -- as is shown in the illustration)
--drops the dough onto the sheet (pretend to do this)
--puts the cookies on a plate (pretend to lift with a spatula)
and of course pretend to gobble cookies!
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169 reviews12 followers
September 12, 2009
I must confess I was rather surprised when our one-year-old kept pulling this one down off his shelf for his bed-time story. Usually he goes for the flipper books, or a simple Seuss, but for three nights in a row it was "Cookie?" As a parent I loved reading this to him, as I have fond memories of Sesame street myself, and I think it will remain a favorite for many nights to come.
Profile Image for Rochelle Sondae.
610 reviews8 followers
May 12, 2013
Step into Reading Step 2 reading with help

Some of the rhymes are a bit forced. I'm guessing that the Preschool to Grade 1 child that this book is intended for probably wouldn't mind though. There's plenty of repetition and picture clues to help out struggling readers. Familiar characters also helps.
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3,328 reviews44 followers
April 25, 2017
What a special rhyming book! If your child likes the monsters from Seseame Street then they will fall in love with this story. Cookie Monster isn't the one eating the cookies in this book, but he's making the cookies! the fun rhyming lines make this story a nice one! with loveable characters as well!
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12 reviews2 followers
July 7, 2012
My 4 yr old loves this book. It has a great rhythmic pattern than was very easy for him to pick up and has enabled him to memorize the book. The memorization and rhyme scheme helps him identify words in the story to help him learn to read.
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131 reviews7 followers
October 28, 2016
Vin loved this one! Poor Cookie Monster's predicament led to lot's of giggles and anticipation of Cookie's continuing saga with a final prediction that he would eventually get a cookie! As always with Sesame Street books, great illustrations.
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June 17, 2008
My two year old nephew LOVES this book, but it's not my favorite after a while.
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1,905 reviews78 followers
November 2, 2011
Even though the words are fairly simple and sparse (which is common for an early reader book), there is a catchy rhythm to the text. I was surprised that I liked it.
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December 10, 2025
Cookie Monster bakes many cookies but only eats one.
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249 reviews
March 27, 2013
Kids and I enjoyed laughing outloud to this book.
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