National Cookie Month!
Do you like your cookies dunked or dry? Do you have a favorite cookie or recipe that you'd like to share? October is National Cookie Month and we'll be celebrating all kinds of cookies in Youth Services! Stop by and check out a cookie cookbook, drop off a recipe, and find out what kind of cookies our Library staff likes to eat and bake. You may even find cookie surprises where you'd least expect them!
At the Library
...books and recipes
- Youth fiction books about cookies.
- Cookie cookbooks available for checkout.
- Encyclopedia and magazine articles about cookies
Available from home for Skokie Public Library cardholders
- Culture Grams Online
Select Recipe Collection and then search by keyword for "cookie" to find recipes from all around the world. - Kids Search from EBSCO
Search by keyword for "cookie" to find newspaper, magazine, and encyclopedia articles about cookies, recipes, and pictures.
On the Web
...cookie history
- Girl Scout Cookie® History: The Baking of a Classic
- Learn the history of Girl Scout Cookies from the "early days" through today.
- The History of the Fortune Cookie
- Find out where the Chinese fortune cookie was invented and how it is made.
- Ruth Wakefield from the MIT Inventor of the Week Archive
- Learn about the life of the woman who invented the chocolate chip cookie.
- Toll House Cookie History: Invention of Toll House Cookies
- Fascinating facts about the invention of Toll House Cookies by Ruth Wakefield in 1930.
...cookie recipes
- Butterfly Art For Very Hungry Kids from the Home Baking Association
- This "butterfly art" cookie recipe is ideal for children as young as 5 years old.
- Get creative with this painted cookie recipe.
- Yummy Cookies Recipe from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- Kids and grown-ups can practice their reading and counting skills with this simple cookie recipe.
Painted Cookie Recipe
...fun and games
- Cookie Dough Spell the Number Game
- Learn how to write make-believe checks with this simple cookie-themed numbers game.
- Girl Scout Cookie® Quiz
- Test your Girl Scout cookie knowledge with this quiz.