Smart Cookies

Smart Cookies is a book written by Adriana Brad Schanen and illustrated by Charles Santoso. It is the third book in a series about friends Quinny and Hopper.The conflict in this story is that Quinny is a “dummy” on the third grade Smart List, and that there is a cookie ban in the school. Quinny wants to save the cookies from the cookie ban. What I like is that both Quinny and Hopper are in chorus. And the book says, “Then all the grades take turns doing their chorus songs.” It says that all students of each grade are in chorus, not just certain kids, like from my chorus, in which only certain kids from third, fourth, and fifth grades who turned in their chorus form can get in. That’s a difference between the book and my experience. I think this is funny—the book says “In chorus, we sing ‘Dreidel Dreidel Dreidel’ so many times in a row that it really should be called ‘Dreidel Dreidel Dreidel Dreidel Dreidel Dreidel.’” Other kids reading this book should think this is funny, too! I love this book, and boys and girls who love funny books about friendship should really enjoy this book. Overall, I give this book five stars!