Laura Joffe Numeroff

Relating the cycle of requests a mouse is likely to make after you give him a cookie takes the reader through a young child's day.

"Si le das un panqueque a una cerdita, te pedirá que le des un poco de almíbar para endulzarlo. Se pondrá tan pegajosa, que querrá bañarse. Te pedirá jabón de burbujas, y una vez que se lo des..."--Book jacket. One thing leads to another when you give a pig a pancake.

A series of increasingly far-fetched events might occur if someone were to give a cupcake to a cat. If you give a cat a cupcake, he'll ask for some sprinkles to go with it. When you give him the sprinkles, he might spill some on the floor. Cleaning up will make him hot, so you'll give him a bathing suit . . . and that's just the beginning! The lovable cat who first appeared in If You Give a Pig a Party now has his very own book! Written in the tradition...

Taking a mouse to the movies can lead to letting him do other things, such as making a snowman, listening to Christmas carols, and decorating the Christmas tree.

Chaos can ensue if you give a moose a muffin and start him on a cycle of urgent requests.

Author Laura Numeroff, whose first book, "Amy for Short," grew out of a college assignment, recounts her life and describes how her daily activities and creative process are interwoven.

One thing leads to another when you give a pig a pancake.

Chaos might ensue if you were to give a dog a donut.

Follows a boy and his mouse through a busy day at school.

One thing leads to another when you give a pig a party.