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Cookie Meets Peanut
From self-made businesswoman and mom Bethenny a story inspired by her own life about two siblings--a new baby and one diva dog. Cookie the dog is Mommy's Furry Baby and everything is just the way Cookie likes it...until one day when Mommy comes home with a real baby! Little "Peanut" is suddenly getting all the attention, and Cookie gets left behind. As Peanut gets older, and walks and talks, Cookie is forced to make room in her doggy life for the little girl. After throwing Mommy a tea party, Cookie and Peanut realize they can have a lot of fun together. Cookie is a furry big sister now!
- GenresPicture BooksChildrens
41 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 2, 2014
About the author
Bethenny Frankel
21 books251 followersBethenny Frankel has a knack for making healthy food taste delicious. That knack, which started out as a hobby and was enhanced with formal training, has elevated her to national prominence as a celebrated natural food chef, the creator of the phenomenal new Skinnygirl Margarita, and The New York Times best selling author of Naturally Thin.
Frankel, who calls herself a "health foodie” and attended the National Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts, focuses on sharing with others her knowledge and passion for healthy living. In addition to her monthly column in Health Magazine, she is regularly featured in national publications from The New York Times to the weekly entertainment magazines. She’s also a sought-after guest on national news and entertainment television, where she brings her expertise and irresistibly candid and funny take not only to food segments but to any conversation about living healthy and living well.
Frankel’s wit, wisdom and humor came to national attention when she was named first runner-up on NBC’s “The Apprentice: Martha Stewart.” Network executives saw a personality they couldn’t ignore and put her center stage weekly on Bravo’s hit series “The Real Housewives of New York,” now in its third season. Though technically not a “wife,” she has emerged as the star of the series, with a huge network of fans, a job as national spokesperson for Pepperidge Farm's Baked Naturals® and Deli Flats(trademark), and her own spin-off series now in production.
Naturally Thin: Unleash Your Skinnygirl and Free Yourself from a Lifetime of Dieting debuted this year on The New York Times Best Sellers list and stayed for an astonishing for 18 consecutive weeks. Frankel’s second book, The Skinnygirl Dish: Easy Recipes for Your Naturally Thin Life will be released January 5, 2010, just in time to support “new year, new me” resolutions with delicious, practical, effective recipes and lifestyle tweaks. Skinnygirl Dish showcases Frankel’s renowned “fix-ology” . . . her ability to take calorie-rich foods and revamp them to create healthier versions without compromising flavor.
Her skill as a fixologist applies to cocktails too . . . she has just this fall launched The Skinnygirl Margarita, a bottled, pre-mixed beverage made with clear tequila, lime juice and only a splash of citrus liqueur, which drastically reduces the calories of the traditional cocktail. All natural and lightly sweetened with agave nectar, it has only 100 calories in a full 4 oz. serving.
As the go-to blogger for all things reality and lifestyle, Frankel wields her pen like a sword, ensuring that readers will get the unvarnished truth along with common sense, expertise and a healthy – always healthy – dose of humor. She is on a mission to democratize healthy living, making information available to everyone she can reach through her appearances, books, columns and blogs.
Frankel lives in Manhattan with her dog Cookie. She will be marrying her other love, Jason Hoppy, this spring and they will welcome their first child in early summer.
From her website
Frankel, who calls herself a "health foodie” and attended the National Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts, focuses on sharing with others her knowledge and passion for healthy living. In addition to her monthly column in Health Magazine, she is regularly featured in national publications from The New York Times to the weekly entertainment magazines. She’s also a sought-after guest on national news and entertainment television, where she brings her expertise and irresistibly candid and funny take not only to food segments but to any conversation about living healthy and living well.
Frankel’s wit, wisdom and humor came to national attention when she was named first runner-up on NBC’s “The Apprentice: Martha Stewart.” Network executives saw a personality they couldn’t ignore and put her center stage weekly on Bravo’s hit series “The Real Housewives of New York,” now in its third season. Though technically not a “wife,” she has emerged as the star of the series, with a huge network of fans, a job as national spokesperson for Pepperidge Farm's Baked Naturals® and Deli Flats(trademark), and her own spin-off series now in production.
Naturally Thin: Unleash Your Skinnygirl and Free Yourself from a Lifetime of Dieting debuted this year on The New York Times Best Sellers list and stayed for an astonishing for 18 consecutive weeks. Frankel’s second book, The Skinnygirl Dish: Easy Recipes for Your Naturally Thin Life will be released January 5, 2010, just in time to support “new year, new me” resolutions with delicious, practical, effective recipes and lifestyle tweaks. Skinnygirl Dish showcases Frankel’s renowned “fix-ology” . . . her ability to take calorie-rich foods and revamp them to create healthier versions without compromising flavor.
Her skill as a fixologist applies to cocktails too . . . she has just this fall launched The Skinnygirl Margarita, a bottled, pre-mixed beverage made with clear tequila, lime juice and only a splash of citrus liqueur, which drastically reduces the calories of the traditional cocktail. All natural and lightly sweetened with agave nectar, it has only 100 calories in a full 4 oz. serving.
As the go-to blogger for all things reality and lifestyle, Frankel wields her pen like a sword, ensuring that readers will get the unvarnished truth along with common sense, expertise and a healthy – always healthy – dose of humor. She is on a mission to democratize healthy living, making information available to everyone she can reach through her appearances, books, columns and blogs.
Frankel lives in Manhattan with her dog Cookie. She will be marrying her other love, Jason Hoppy, this spring and they will welcome their first child in early summer.
From her website
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March 16, 2017
This book kinda raises some questions about Bethenny's parenting/dog-caretaking skills, and it's not clear who the audience is? (OK, the audience is women who watch RHONY and need to get a gift for their friend's baby shower?) It's not like, offensive, just...not recommended.
The illustrations are cute though.
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The illustrations are cute though.
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November 22, 2014
I recently got this book from someone as a gift for my 4 year old. Reading this book I knew I was in for some questions.. This book is about a single woman living in the city and her faithful dog Cookie, who she takes for "walksies" every day. She gets her daily coffee at Starbucks and they walk past "Barc Jacobs" and the dog barks at everyone. Reading this to my 4 year old, I don't want to teach her "walksies" is an actual word.. sort of baby talk. On one trip, the dog runs into a store and comes out with a shoe.. mommy says "That's cute!" (Letting your daughter know its okay to steal shoes out of stores because "its cute"). One day *poof* the single woman has a baby ("Mommy where'd the baby come from"? skip pregnancy and a man.. that's a tough one to explain to a 4 year old). The baby, named "Peanut" (should I tell her its a nickname or the kids actual name?) starts to crawl through the house naked ("Mommy, why is she not wearing clothes"? another tough one to explain to a 4 year old.. at least draw a diaper on the kid). When "Peanut" can walk and talk, mommy takes her for "walksies" and Cookie wants to go. Peanut says "No!".. and mom doesn't take Cookie out. Poor Cookie. Soon Peanut and Cookie start to get along when Peanut and Cookie make "Sparkle Tea with Glitter" adding blue glitter into a teapot with her juice (not a good idea to put in a 4 year olds head).. then she uses her little chef hat as a bowl to pour in berries, juice and cocoa (why not ask mommy for a bowl? Wouldn't the juice spill through the hat?). At the end of the book "each night they snuggle in a big pile together" in bed (promoting kids to not sleep in their own bed). Many things I didn't like about this book but the actual premise is cute.. its just a woman and dog, then the woman has a new baby, dog is jealous, baby and dog start to get along, everyone is one big happy family. Oh and throughout the book she is promoting her Skinny Girl products including her line of Skinny girl wine/liqueur bottles in the kitchen.
June 27, 2017
Adorable tale of a new baby coming home and usurping the top dog role of Cookie, the beloved fur baby. Too cute. Fun tale and perfect illustrations. Anyone bringing home a new baby should share this book with the older siblings or fur babies.
August 21, 2019
Love the author! Not her book!
January 25, 2015
In a world of superficial commercialism and mass market consumerism comes a story about the existential crisis we face upon meeting two various subspecies of socio-economic class and importance. Cookie Meets Peanut details how man overcomes the oppressive nature of wealth by empathizing with the have-nots at the bottom rung of the latter and forming a bond of sympathetic human connection.
Oh who are we kidding! It's a crappy children's book from a Z-list reality celebrity! I repeat it's a CRAPPY book from a Z-list reality star who still clawing from her fifteen minutes of fame!
Where do we begin? Oh yes, we have a stray dog (probably with rabies) meeting some spoiled brat and they go off shopping and walking around New York City for no apparent reason. Surprisingly, none of the pair get mugged or end up visiting the lower eastside. Now that would be an interesting plotline than the boring one Frankel writes about (or rather her ghostwriter does) in her book. Picture it. Cookie and Peanut go shopping for crack and end up victims of human trafficking by the Russian mob. See the story picks up!
Anyhoo, Cookie Meets Peanut is crudely drawn, has no educational merit, and proves that celebrities shouldn't publish children's books--ever!
Oh who are we kidding! It's a crappy children's book from a Z-list reality celebrity! I repeat it's a CRAPPY book from a Z-list reality star who still clawing from her fifteen minutes of fame!
Where do we begin? Oh yes, we have a stray dog (probably with rabies) meeting some spoiled brat and they go off shopping and walking around New York City for no apparent reason. Surprisingly, none of the pair get mugged or end up visiting the lower eastside. Now that would be an interesting plotline than the boring one Frankel writes about (or rather her ghostwriter does) in her book. Picture it. Cookie and Peanut go shopping for crack and end up victims of human trafficking by the Russian mob. See the story picks up!
Anyhoo, Cookie Meets Peanut is crudely drawn, has no educational merit, and proves that celebrities shouldn't publish children's books--ever!
November 13, 2014
Summary: This book is about a mom and her pet dog. They do everything together until one day she brings a baby home. The dog is now sad because the mom and baby are always with each other and there is no time for Cookie (the dog). As Peanut (the baby) gets older, she does not become friends with Cookie. They have an ongoing battle until one day they decide to become friends by cooking together and they become one big happy family again.
Activity: I would ask the kids who their favorite character was in the story and have them draw that character out for me. They would then show their picture to the class and tell me their favorite part about that character.
Citation: Frankel, B., & Roode, D. (2014). Cookie meets Peanut. New York: Big Talk LLC.
Activity: I would ask the kids who their favorite character was in the story and have them draw that character out for me. They would then show their picture to the class and tell me their favorite part about that character.
Citation: Frankel, B., & Roode, D. (2014). Cookie meets Peanut. New York: Big Talk LLC.
December 31, 2014
This story is one that would usually be an older sibling not liking a new younger sibling. Instead of 2 kids, this one is about a dog who does not like the new kid at first but eventually does. You don't see too many books about a single mom adopting a kid, so it gets props for that. But Mommy would definitely still take the dog for walks--not just the kid--as it says in one section of the book.
Okay for preschool storytimes.
Okay for preschool storytimes.
November 6, 2016
This book would be good for someone who is struggling with having a younger or older sibling. Cookie and Peanut didn't get along and wanted sole attention from their mom. Cookie is a dog and loves taking walks with her mom but when Peanut comes along, Peanut doesn't want Cookie to go on walks with them. At the end they learn to work together to make something for their mommy and become great friends.
September 24, 2014
This is such a cute book. Love the illustrations and that Bethenny added skinny margarita advertisement. Got to meet Bethenny and Cookie last night and it was so much fun. She read the book to everyone there. Cookie is just the cutest and Bethenny is such a nice and fun person. You should pick this book up, your kids would love it.
July 5, 2021
Not an author I'll read again. Did skinny mom just go out and buy a baby or what? Please. My favorite part was the dog. Poor dog. If there had been more inherent conflict between baby and dog it would make sense that the dog didn't get to go on "walksies" (PUH-LEASE) but I've said enough.
January 7, 2016
I've been watching The Real Housewives of NYC and remembered that Bethenny wrote a kids book. It's pretty cute. And Bethenny's dog is super cute. A good read for anyone with a dog and a new member of the family.
October 6, 2014
Horrible. I didn't look at the author. Eww. I always let my kids check out the new releases. This was just not good at all.
April 8, 2015
loved it!!!
December 27, 2014
Was cute book ! My niece and i loved starbarks for coffee! Lol
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