How the Cookie Crumbled: The True (and Not-So-True) Stories of the Invention of the Chocolate Chip Cookie

Used it for my third grade read aloud. Kids loved it.

I know all ages will enjoy and learn from this entertaining book.

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This is a different kind of picture book biography. Cleverly written with lots of cooking words baked in. Every word intentional. Love the illustrations and how it was formatted. Well done!

When I read the opening lines of this book, I was ready to do as instructed—sit back, grab a cookie (any excuse to eat a cookie), and turn the page to find out the ways the chocolate chip cookie could have been invented. And that’s the key to what makes this nonfiction book unique—it discusses the ways the famous cookie could have been invented (because no one knows for sure) and then discusses the probability of which theories are most likely true. Rather than a straight-forward approach to state the facts, Gilbert Ford offers some facts, some theories, and some prompts to help the reader analyze the text. This book covers history, inventions, business, a woman entrepreneur, and cookies! I hope you grab yourself a cookie and enjoy a reading of HOW THE COOKIE CRUMBLED.

This engaging picture book biography describes how Ruth Wakefield’s hard-working attitude led her to open a successful restaurant during The Great Depression. It provides three possible scenarios of how she could have invented the chocolate chip cookie and lets readers form their own opinion.Ruth generously shared her recipe with newspapers, the Betty Crocker radio show, and ultimately Nestle. Ruth was one “smart cookie” and thanks to her, people everywhere get to enjoy delicious chocolate chip cookies!Ruth’s Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookie recipe is included in the back with an author’s note. My children couldn’t wait to make (and eat) our own cookies after this delicious tale!

Kids really enjoyed the story!

Really cute! My daughter loved it too.