History Literature / IfYouGiveAMouseACookie

* {{Irony}}: Mouse doesn’t like cheese.

* StockAnimalDiet: Averted. This mouse eats cookies-- with milk, of course-- and brownies with ice cream. The other animals aren't any more stock diet in their tastes.

* ADogNamedDog: Every animal character is this - Mouse, Dog, Cat, Pig, and Moose.

* HereWeGoAgain: The last page has the mouse, once again, wanting a cookie (to go with his glass of milk). In the animated series, it's something of a CatchPhrase.

* AscendedExtra: Car and Dog were among the animals in ''If You Give a Pig a Party'', and would eventually receive books of their own.

* ADogNamedDog: Everyone who's an animal character is this - Mouse, Dog, Cat, Pig, and Moose.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The book is about a mouse. Who wants a cookie.

* HereWeGoAgain: The last page has the mouse, once again, wanting a cookie (to go with his glass of milk). On the animated series, it's something of a CatchPhrase.

* StockAnimalDiet: Averted. This mouse eats cookies. With milk, of course. And brownies, with ice cream. And the other animals aren't any more stock diet in their tastes.

In 2015, an animated special based on the original book was released on Creator/PrimeVideo. A full television series followed, which premiered on November 7, 2017 as a production with Canada's Creator/MercuryFilmworks.

* BathsAreFun: This is the lesson of "If You Give a Dog a Bath," in which both Henry and Dog don't want to come inside to have a bath because they think it means they have to stop playing and having fun. Then they learn that they can have fun in the bath.

In 2015, an animated special based on the original book was released on Creator/PrimeVideo. It was written, developed and executive produced by Ken Scarborough, known for ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}''. The cartoon features the human boy (now [[NamedByTheAdaptation named Oliver]] instead of being nameless) and mouse from the original picture book, with the cast rounded out by the animals from the other books, such as the pig, the moose, the cat and the dog. Originally only one special was produced, but in September 2017, Amazon [[http://deadline.com/2017/09/amazon-prime-kids-slate-sigmund-sea-monster-1202163232/ announced]] an actual television series, which premiered on November 7, 2017 as a production with Canada's Creator/MercuryFilmworks. The author and illustrator of the original books are both executive producers on the show. What Amazon describes as the second part of the first season was released on June 26, 2018. A Valentine's Day special was released in February 2020 and more new episodes were released in 2021.

* BedsheetGhost: All of the "ghosts" seen in the HalloweenEpisode "If You Give a Mouse a Pumpkin" are this. In particular, Cat has eight ghost decorations for his Halloween Spooktacular event and Moose dresses up in this costume for Halloween.
* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: In "If You Give a Dog a Bath," Henry, Dog and Mouse want to play either Red Light, Green Light or Hide-and-Go-Seek and decide to play Red Light, Green Light Hide-and-Go-Seek, though once the seeker finds the first hider, it seems to basically just devolve into a game of chase with the rules of Red Light, Green Light in effect.
* CastingGag: Cat is not the first character Lara Jill Miller voiced who's a [[WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse super]] [[WesternAnimation/WowWowWubbzy genius]] .
* CatchPhrase: The AnimatedAdaptation on Amazon has "What do you think will happen next?" It's usually said by Oliver, the boy with the mouse, though occasionally by one of the other human characters that's a companion to one of the animals. It's present in song as well. At the end of each story, one of the characters will say "If you (''give something to / do something with an animal'') what do you think will happen next?", making it a SigningOffCatchphrase as well. Also, see HereWeGoAgain below.
* ChristmasSpecial: The Amazon ''If You Give a Mouse a Cookie'' was followed up with a Christmas special in the same style, ''If You Give a Mouse a Christmas Cookie''.
** The original book series has ''If You Take a Mouse to the Movies'' as this, with the food item being popcorn with a popcorn string kit.

* ExpressiveEars: On the Amazon animated series, Mouse's ears are very expressive of his moods, particularly dropping about halfway when sad or bothered by something, but perking back up when he's excited or happy.
* FictionalHoliday: In "Summerfuntastic Day," Cat has a bad case of the "between-holidays blues," so the other characters create "Summerfuntastic Day" to cheer him up and break him of his newfound habit of staring at things lacking their holiday decorations and sighing.
* FreePrizeAtTheBottom: In "The Masked Mouse Rides Again," Oliver and Mouse find a tiny toy telescope at the bottom of their cereal box. Oliver gives it to Mouse, who is inspired to create a pretend galaxy.

* ICantHearYou: In "Parade Day," Mouse tells Oliver that their new float is really noisy.
-->'''Oliver''': What?!
-->'''Mouse''': I said "Our new float is really noisy!"
-->'''Oliver''': Oh. Yeah.
* ImmediateSelfContradiction: In "Mouse and the Toy Factory," Mouse is invited to test toys at a toy factory by the owner and is allowed to bring his friends along as well. As they're headed there, he gushes about it, but Pig tells him not to get too excited and starts to say "It's probably just a--" but then cuts herself off as they arrive at the toy factory.
-->'''Pig''': (''breathless'') Oh my gosh this is the coolest thing I've ever seen!
* InterspeciesFriendship: Oliver and the mouse are the primary ones though they're also friends with a dog, a cat, a pig and a moose.

* IveHeardOfThatWhatIsIt: In "Looking After Lovey," Mouse tells Moose that the can be a reliable Lovey-sitter for him. He then says that if he's going to be a reliable Lovey-sitter for Moose, he first needs to know what "reliable" means. Oliver tells him that "reliable means that you're someone Moose can trust to keep Lovey safe."
* MooseAreIdiots: ''If You Give a Moose a Muffin'' has a moose who is this. In the animated series, he doesn't really seem all that dumb, but still has the typical [[SimpletonVoice stupid-sounding voice]] associated with a dumb moose.
* MundaneGhostStory: In "Sweet Dreams," Dog is scared to sleep after having a bad dream. His friends try to help him out and also relate their own bad dreams. These include Pig's dream about a being forced to sign way too many autographs after a ballet performance until she becomes exhausted, and Moose's dreams about being unable to find matching color antler mittens and not having enough honey for his blueberry corn muffin.
* MundaneUtility: In "Runaway Robot," it's revealed that Cat has invented a mobile robot with a vaguely human-like appearance, which is powered by cupcakes and can be controlled by remote control. It... makes breakfast, then washes the dishes, and can also dance.

* OhWaitThisIsMyGroceryList: In "Pig Puts on a Show," Moose is made the director of a play of ''Literature/TheThreeLittlePigs''. After assigning who will play the pigs, he pulls out a piece of paper and declares "And TheBigBadWolf will be played by... Tomato!"
-->'''Moose''': Oh, sorry, that's my shopping list.
* RaceLift: Leo, Henry, and Esme Louise were white in the books. In the show, they are black, Asian, and Latino, respectively.
* RunningGag: In some of the later installments of the television series, Oliver giving Mouse whatever object it is that kicks off the events the episode (for example, a piece of chalk), only to admit that he doesn't know what will happen next if he gives it to him and asking what he wants it for.
* SantaClaus: He appears at the end of the animated ''If You Give a Mouse a Christmas Cookie'', just after Mouse sneaks a bite of the cookie left out for him. He leaves Mouse and Oliver's presents, and then Mouse hands him the cookie.
-->'''Oliver''': (''narrating'') And if you give Santa a cookie, then...
-->'''Santa''': Thirsty.
-->'''Oliver''': He's going to want a glass of milk to go with.
-->'''Santa''': Merry Christmas, Mouse.
* SceneryPorn: The animated series looks like a picture book brought to life and in particular has some very gorgeous backgrounds, like of sunsets or the starry night sky. There's also plenty of colorful detail to be observed on things such as tents and flowers.

* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: In the ''If You Give a Mouse a Christmas Cookie'' animated special, Mouse and his friends accidentally wreck the decorations for a play that Mouse's boy, Oliver, has a big role in. Later, when Pig encounters Oliver, wondering where he can find Mouse, she tells him that Mouse is getting a haircut so that he'll look good when he sees him in the theater, which definitely hasn't had anything bad happen to it.

* TitleThemeTune and ThemeTuneRollCall: The animated series has this. ''If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, then he'll ask for a glass of milk... And then one thing will lead to another, and you never know what's next! Let's go to unexpected places, they'll leave a smile on our faces. With Moose, Pig, Cat and Dog, so come on, come along. If you give a mouse a cookie, you never know what you'll get. If you give a mouse a cookie, what do you think will happen next?''
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: While the books were all about each particular animal being given a particular type of treat, this is only carried for Mouse in the AnimatedAdaptation on Amazon, in which he is still very big on cookies, particularly chocolate chip. Though in the show, he doesn't seem to require milk, though he does like to have it with the cookie if it's around. He's even something of an advocate for cookies. In the story "Sick Day," in which all of the other animal characters get a cold, he invents a whistling system for them - one whistle for a glass of water, two whistles for hot soup and three if they want a cookie. They all say they're too sick to want a cookie, but he says they never know.

In 2015, an animated special based on the original book was released on Creator/PrimeVideo. It was written, developed and executive produced by Ken Scarborough, known for ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}''. The cartoon features the human boy (now [[NamedByTheAdaptation named Oliver]] instead of being nameless) and mouse from the original picture book, with the cast rounded out by the animals from the other books, such as the pig, the moose, the cat and the dog. Originally only one special was produced, but in September 2017, Amazon [[http://deadline.com/2017/09/amazon-prime-kids-slate-sigmund-sea-monster-1202163232/ announced]] an actual television series, which premiered on November 7, 2017. The author and illustrator of the original books are both executive producers on the show. What Amazon describes as the second part of the first season was released on June 26, 2018. A Valentine's Day special was released in February 2020 and more new episodes were released in 2021.

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* CatchPhrase: The AnimatedAdaptation on Amazon has "What do you think will happen next?" It's usually said by Oliver, the boy with the mouse, though occasionally by one of the other human characters that's a companion to one of the animals. It's present in theme song as well. At the end of each story, one of the characters will say "If you (''give something to / do something with an animal'') what do you think will happen next?", making it a SigningOffCatchphrase as well. Also, see HereWeGoAgain below.

* HardTruthsAesop: The series revolves around a CentralTheme of [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished how generosity breeds dependency]], and that boundaries need to be drawn so that it never escalates to that point.

In 2015, an animated special based on the original book was released on Creator/PrimeVideo. It was written, developed and executive produced by Ken Scarborough, known for ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}''. The cartoon features the human boy (now [[NamedByTheAdaptation named Oliver]] instead of being nameless) and mouse from the original picture book, with the cast rounded out by the animals from the other books, such as the pig, the moose, the cat and the dog. Originally only one special was produced, but in September 2017, Amazon [[http://deadline.com/2017/09/amazon-prime-kids-slate-sigmund-sea-monster-1202163232/ announced]] an actual television series, which premiered on November 7, 2017. The author and illustrator of the original books are both executive producers on the show. What Amazon describes as the second part of the first season was released on June 26, 2018. A Valentine's Day special was released in February 2020.

''If You Give a Mouse a Cookie'' is a children's picture book written by Laura Numeroff and illustrated by Felicia Bond. Each page has a large, colorful picture and short sentence telling the story of a (nameless yet eponymous) mouse and an equally nameless boy. The story starts, naturally, with the boy [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin giving the mouse a cookie]]. The story goes on from there, with the mouse needing a new item on each page. It ends up with the mouse, once again, wanting a cookie.

In 2015, a cartoon based on the original book was released on Creator/PrimeVideo. It was written, developed and executive produced by Ken Scarborough, known for ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}''. The cartoon features the boy (now [[NamedByTheAdaptation named Oliver]] instead of being nameless) and mouse from the original picture book, with the cast rounded out by the animals from the other books, such as the pig, the moose, the cat and the dog. Originally only one special was produced, but in September 2017, Amazon [[http://deadline.com/2017/09/amazon-prime-kids-slate-sigmund-sea-monster-1202163232/ announced]] an actual television series, which premiered on November 7, 2017. The author and illustrator of the original books are both executive producers on the show. What Amazon describes as the second part of the first season was released on June 26, 2018. A Valentine's Day special was released in February 2020.

* NamelessNarrative: The human characters in the book don't have names given. However, in the AnimatedAdaptation, they are NamedByTheAdaptation. The boy with the mouse is Oliver and the other human characters have names as well.