If You Give a Mouse a Cookie has become one of the children’s book classics of our time. It’s a beautifully illustrated children’s book that recounts the amusing story of what happens when a little boy gives a mouse a cookie. It’s sort of like a modern-day “I know an old lady who swallowed a fly” that of course not nearly as off-putting as that song. A Mouse Cookie First Library (If You Give…) is a compilation of the original book and its sequel “If You Take a Mouse to School”.

The author, Laura Numeroff, is donating a portion of her royalties will be donated to First Book, a national nonprofit organization that promotes children’s literacy.

Do you remember reading Harold and the Purple Crayon or Goodnight Moon? If so, this book is for you.

HarperCollins has assembled twelve of the best picture books ever written into one book, the HarperCollins Treasury of Picture Books Classics: A Child’s First Collection. Even though the book is a large volume, the original feel of the books is preserved nicely, and it’s a great book to sit down together with your kids to read.

It’s a great gift for kids aged 4 to 8, who’ll treasure owning a big book just like the ones Mom and Dad have. And they’ll read these stories with you over and over again.

The best thing about this book is that 100% of the royalties will go straight to an organization called First Book. Check them out at www.firstbook.org. They’re a not-for-profit organization whose goal is an amazing one–to give books to children in low-income families so they can read and own their own new books. Every year, they distribute books to hundreds of thousands of kids.