Who Ate All the Cookie Dough?

by Karen Beaumont, Eugene Yelchin (Illustrator)

Kanga wants to make cookies, but someone has eaten all the cookie dough.Who could it be? Join in the fun and find out! This rollicking whodunit begs to be read aloud. The refrain will remind teachers and kids of the preschool game Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar, making Who Ate All the Cookie Dough? a perfect story-time choice in conjunction with the popular classroom game.

Even the youngest readers can solve the mystery if they look closely― preschool children will want to gobble this up!

Genres: Picture Books, Storytime, Animals, Food, Childrens, Humor, Mystery

32 pages, Hardcover

First published May 27, 2008

About the author

Karen Beaumont is the New York Times bestselling author of many award-winning picture books. She lives in Scotts Valley, California.

Reviews

[June · Rating 4 out of 5]

This feels like it would be a great story time book. Kanga goes around asking all the animals "Who ate all the cookie dough?" Nice repetition and rhyme and a surprise ending. Will try to remember to try it this fall.

Used in PJ Story Time and they loved identifying the animals, we had to go back to check out the ending.

[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mother Kanga is missing her cookie dough and is asking all the baby animals if they know who ate it. Young listeners love trying to solve the mystery and the monkey is the prime suspect. The ending is always a fun surprise. After the culprit is revealed, be sure to go back to the front to look for clues.

[Samantha · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book and have no idea how I never encountered it before. Definitely want to do a storytime around it.

[Kiara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Adorable book, amazing plot twist at the end, totally unexpected! Highly recommend.

[Becky Loader · Rating 4 out of 5]

Indeed. Who did?
The clue is under the bunny's cute apron.

[Heidi-Marie · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good choice for a toddler storytime with its repetition, animals to point out, guesses to make, and a fun surprise for the end. The illustrations of the animals are really good, too. The story/book reminds me a bit of the "Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar."

6/22/16 & 6/23/16 Overall the book went well. It worked to have it as the last, since the repetitiveness slightly calmed the at the edge of their limit toddler crowd. And they all loved the little joey being the guilty party (what toddler doesn't like a lift the flap book?). On Wed. I wanted to get the crowd involved, but the only way was to do as I did with the first book. So I just had us shrug our shoulders. Would have loved the preschool crowd, because they could have joined me in the chanting. I suppose I could have tried that with the toddler crowd, but I just wanted to get the book read by then. :-)

[Kimberly · Rating 4 out of 5]

I give this book a 4 star.

This book is about all the animals asking each other who ate the cookie dough. They ask everyone but no one seems to know who ate it. Finally at the end the Kangaroo realizes that it was his son Boo who ate it.

Ways to use this in a classroom
1) You can have students choose an animal to draw a choose.
2) Have the students rewrite the book so that someone else ate the cookie dough
3) Write another book similar to this that doesn't have cookie dough in it
4)Learn about a place that all these animals could be actually living together in.

[Jasmine Stocker · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love books that rhyme. Many times these types of books are easier for children to read or to follow along when reading out loud. It helps students with word association and how words are related to each other. The repetition is also good and easy to read. I love how it gives you a chance to guess who the cookie dough thief is. It gives the book an interactive feel. I think this would be a good one to use as a skit for younger students. Easy to read parts.

[Cheryl · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Eeny, meeny, miney, moe!
Who ate all the cookie dough?
Who do YOU think it might be?
Kanga looks around to see."

So starts this fun rhyming picture book trying to figure out which animal friends might have eaten the cookie dough. The ending is a fun lift-the-flap surprise! Fun for toddlers and preschoolers. Great for a read aloud to a toddler group.

[Ryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not my favorite Karen Beaumont book, but it comes close. It’s a singsong rhyming guessing game of who ate the cookie dough. Was it the cheetah, the zebra, or maybe the hippo? The only way to find out is to check it out. And make sure to read it aloud. It’s more fun that way.

[Mely · Rating 5 out of 5]

My little one really enjoyed this book. It's short, but addicting, lol. We read this 3 times in a row the first time. The end packs a little fun surprise. Definitely recommended for a short, fun read. Cute animal illustrations.

[Rita · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book for storytime. I am a huge fan of the author. I was a little disappointed in the pictures. I wished for something brighter and more animated like in I Ain't Gonna Paint.

[Caroline · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kanga questions the other animals near her to see who ate the missing cookie dough.

A repetitive, rhythmic that the kids in story time enjoyed.

[Emily Storytime · Rating 3 out of 5]

12/8/22 - "Cookies" theme for storytime. I think the book is big fun, but might have worked better with a preschool crowd instead of my toddlers. The kids liked guessing the animals, but didn't seem to connect with the final reveal-- I'm not sure they were familiar with the concept of joeys. This book would accompany the song "Who stole the cookies from the cookie jar?" well, but my group doesn't have any practice with answer-and-response type songs yet.

I'm a little puzzled by the choices of animals included in the text as most seem to be African (zebra, cheetah, giraffe) but then the main character is a kangaroo. It would have been nice if they were all animals native to Australia (not relevant to my "cookies" theme, but would be great for an "Australia" or "marsupials" theme).

[Reade · Rating 2 out of 5]

Who Ate All the Cookie Dough? This book takes you through an adventure between many animals that try and figure out who ate all of Kenga's cookie dough. Each page looks at a different animal, asking if they ate the cookie dough. By the end, they can't seem to figure out who it was, but it ends up being the one you didn't think it would be.
3 book topic ideas
1.) This book can be a good start to a lesson about different animals. (Science)
2.) This book could also be used as a simple counting lesson of counting the different animals. (Math)
3.) This book could also be used to talk about healthy eating habits. (Special Activity/P.E.)

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this picturebook because it combined so many different concepts into one book—learning about animals, humor, investigating a mystery about which one of them ate all the cookie dough, a lift-up surprise at the end, and rhythmic poetry perfect for participation/singable story and call and response activities. This book is super fun for ages 2-5, and because it combines so many ideas, it could work well for one on one reading, storytime for a bigger group of children, or even as an early reader for advanced kindergarteners/early first graders.

[Claire Holloway · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a nice book for young children to read. The book involves lots of repetition that children can learn and join in with, particularly during read aloud sessions, which will make the book engaging for young children, especially if they cannot read yet. This book introduces lots of animals that children can learn the names of. The book has a surprise ending for children of who ate the cookie dough, that that they can try and guess whilst they are reading the book.

[Abby Gallier · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is very cute book that I picked up because I love to bake cookies, and of course can never resist a few spoonfuls of cookie dough! It is an easy read, and would be suitable for ages 5-7. The words have a good rhythm to them, so a child would be able to move at a good pace when going through it, and will never expect the surprise ending!

[Katy Smith · Rating 2 out of 5]

The book is about finding out which animal ate the cookie dough. There is lots of repetition in the way the that the kangaroo is asking the animals. Many different animals are shown in the book. The book also prompts for the reader to guess at the end. I would use this book to talk about repetition and how to make an educated guess.

[Westminster Library · Rating 4 out of 5]

With rhyming text, cute illustrations and a mystery to solve, this book is an instant story time classic.

Find Who Ate All The Cookie Dough? at the Westminster Public Library!

[Heather McC · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun spin on the game of 'who stole the cookies', characters come out to play and find out who ate all the dough!

[Beronica · Rating 4 out of 5]

good for 2-3 year olds during storytime. Very silly and kids can open the flap at the end!

[Robert White · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Stacy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Who ate all the cookie dough can you guess? Cute story

[Sarah's Storytime · Rating 4 out of 5]

Toddler selection

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hilarious and repetitive, great for reading aloud to a crowd and getting the kids to participate.

[Megan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Whodunnit?! Kangaroo goes around accusing everyone but the culprit is someone she least suspects.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good book to read to children during baking time.

[Trisha Parsons · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read aloud because the kids can guess who is the cookie dough thief.

[Brittany · Rating 4 out of 5]

So cute and funny with an "undercover" surprise ending.