The Cookie Vote - (Mr. Tiffin's Classroom) by Daniel Bernstrom & Margaret McNamara (Hardcover)

About the Book

When students from Mr. Tiffin's classroom visit the state capitol, they meet their state representative and recommend a new bill--a state cookie--and in the process learn how a bill is voted on and passed.

Book Synopsis

Visit the state capitol with Mr. Tiffin and his students to learn all about how a bill is voted on and passed. This kid-friendly picture book from the perennially popular Mr. Tiffin's Classroom series follows a group of students passionately engaged in learning how the US government works.

Mr. Tiffin's students are learning how a bill can become a law and are eagerly brainstorming ideas to make their state a better place. Mr. Tiffin announces that whoever has the best idea will have the opportunity to present their bill to Representative Noor during their class trip to the state capitol. Jeremy believes that they should name an official state cookie. At first it seems like a brilliant idea - until his classmates begin to argue over cookie flavors and pick sides! The only way to settle this debate is with a class vote. When the students visit the capitol the following week to present their bill, Jeremy realizes that even the best ideas require a bit of compromise and often yield surprising - and delicious! - results.

Review Quotes

"This is a delicious addition to the series that stands alone as an excellent democratic primer. Educational, accessible, and fun." --Kirkus Reviews

"An original approach for teaching civics to elementary-school children." --Booklist

About the Author

Daniel Bernstrom is the author of the critically acclaimed One Day in the Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus Tree as well as Gator, Gator, Gator!, Big Papa and the Time Machine, Song in the City, A Bear, a Bee, and a Honey Tree, and Good Night, Little Man. He earned an MFA in writing for children and young adults from Hamline University and is currently a full-time English instructor (Children's Literature, College Writing, and developmental English) at Minnesota West Community and Technical College in Minnesota, where he lives with his wife and six children.

Margaret McNamara is the author of five other titles about Mr. Tiffin's class including How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?, which was awarded the Oppenheimer Toy Portfolio Best Book Gold Award, and The Dinosaur Expert, which received three starred reviews. She is also the author of countless other picture books, including Vote for Our Future, which Kirkus Reviews called "essential" in a starred review. Ms. McNamara lives in New York City.

G. Brian Karas is the prolific, versatile, and award-winning illustrator of many books for children, including the beloved Mr. Tiffin's Class series, A Hat for Mrs. Goldman by Michelle Edwards, which received three starred reviews, Lemonade in Winter by Emily Jenkins, Are You Going to Be Good? by Cari Best, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book, and Home on the Bayou, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book. He lives in the Hudson Valley of New York.