WHEN CARROT MET COOKIE

A humorous and dynamic picture book that follows a carrot and a cookie as they confront their differences to discover if a dessert and vegetable can truly be friends.

Cookie and Carrot are a true dynamic duo. Carrot teaches Cookie how to dip (in hummus), and Cookie teaches Carrot how to dunk (in milk). But when Cookie and Carrot's other pals make fun of their friendship, the two start to wonder if different food groups can ever really be friends. Packed with plenty of puns, this satisfying tale of acceptance and forgiveness will leave kids asking for more.

Exciting, easy-to-read books are the stepping stone a young reader needs to bridge the gap between being a beginner and being fluent.

Erica S. Perl is the author of popular and critically acclaimed books for young readers. Her most recent middle grade novel, All Three Stooges, won the National Jewish Book Award for Children's Literature and the Sydney Taylor Award Silver Medal. Erica's novels for young readers include When Life Gives You O.J. (Sydney Taylor Award Notable Book, ALA Notable Book, P.J. Our Way, multiple state book award lists), Aces Wild (NPR Best Book of the Year, P.J. Our Way), and The Capybara Conspiracy: A Novel in Three Acts (innovative script format). Erica is also the author of the picture books Chicken Butt!, Goatilocks and the Three Bears, and Ferocious Fluffity, as well as the early readers, transitional chapter books, and chapter books: Truth or Lie!, Arnold and Louise, and the Craftily Ever After (written as "Martha Maker) series. She lives in Washington, D.C. with her family.

Jonathan Fenske is the author and illustrator of many children's books, including A Pig, a Fox, and a Box, which was a 2016 Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor winner. He is also the author and illustrator of the picture books Barnacle Is Bored and Plankton Is Pushy (Scholastic). He is the author and illustrator of the A Crabby Book series (from Scholastic's Acorn imprint) as well as I'm Fun, Too! (the first-ever LEGO® picture book) and A Not So Scary Monster (the second-ever LEGO® picture book). He is also the author and illustrator of I Will Race You Through This Book (PRH, 2019) and After Squidnight (PRH, 2020). His paintings can be found in private and public collections across the United States. An avid runner and hiker, he lives with his wife and three daughters in South Carolina.