For some reason, some woman has got away with giving the local basketball team cookies – and all the spares go to the local kids who get great school marks. Our hero is new to the 'hood, and flunking everything, but when he's reminded about team-work his chances of getting a sugary hit get a lot greater. Yes, the moral is obvious, but the artwork is really amateurish, and the whole way this weird character is allowed to be judgemental about all the local children is mighty peculiar. Better efforts out there convey the merits of cooperation a lot better than this – a slightly generous three stars.

I didn't connect with this story. I get that it's a metaphor for putting in hard work to reap the rewards but in this literal context, I would have just given Kenny the cookie directly to be kind. Hence I feel that the execution needs more work to achieve its desired impact. The illustrations are great though with the cookies looking ultra appetising.

This is a sweet book about team work, hard work and motivation. This book was especially relatable to my children as a family that has moved around frequently. Warning: this book may prompt your child to ask for a cookie!

Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC and the opportunity to honestly review this book.

A cute story with colorful illustrations that sends home the message about woking hard for what you want. Kenny loves oatmeal raisin cookies, but the cookie lady only gives cookies to kids with good report cards and his hasn;t been so great ever since he moved. Of course, Kenny is able to get a cookie after working really hard (and making friends in the process).

This is a story about the motivation for kids to get the hard work done if wanted to achieve happiness they wanted.

Kenny moved to new town and liked his neigbour cookie lady who often cooks for basketball players of visiting Cleveland Cavaliers. Kenny being sad getting bad grades as he moved to the new place and having no old friends here and couldn't achieve much in his class, therefore. But, Cookie lady inspired him to get his favorite cookie baked by her only when he achieve better grades. He started teamwork, studied well and shoot his goal which won him his beloved oatmeal raisin at last.

One thing that seemed missing to me is the way this was moving. There is no proper base to this story rather just motivation theme which could have been made better with lining things in a soothing manner. Collating events doesn't sound smooth to me.

This story follows Kenny who is new to town and struggling to adjust. The Cookie Lady and other children on his street encourage Kenny to reach his goals. The story teaches the value of working hard and teamwork.

Thank you NetGalley and Windmill Books for this advanced copy. All opinions are my own.

Kenny and the Cookie Lady is a book that helps children understand that working hard towards a goal and achieving it is very possible. Kenny was able to get a cookie along with his other friends after showing the Cookie Lady he could get good grades. The story is simple to understand for children. New friends – new goals and a new outlook were all explained so perfectly.
Thank you NetGalley, Pen Ken and Rosen Publishing Group for the book Kenny and the Cookie Lady. This is my personal review.

I struggled to understand the concept of this book. I think it was trying to motivate kids to ask for help and work hard at school but the story was a bit of a roundabout way of getting there. The cookie lady was never named, the only thing we know about her was that she makes cookies for basketball players and kids in the neighborhood. It seemed like a work of fiction but then I wasn’t sure if I was supposed to know who the basketball teams were or if this woman was famous in real life.
The little boy, Kenny, was more fleshed out and had a nice little story arc.
The illustrations were colorful but the perspective was confusing at times.
If you have a child struggling in school this might be a good book to show them they’re not alone and it’s okay to ask for help when you need it.
I received a free copy of this book for review purposes.

When Kenny moves next door to the Cookie Lady, he finds she bakes cookies for the Cleveland Cavaliers and for kids who gets As. Since moving , Kenny hasn’t done as well in school. The Cookie Lady says it’s okay to ask for help. When Kyle offers help with studying, Kenny says yes. Soon a few more help and now Kenny has study buddies. When he shows the Cookie Lady his As, he’s thrilled because he gets a cookie. Great message showing how it’s okay to ask for help.

This is a nice story about a boy who loves to play basketball. He Iives in Cleveland. But his grades aren’t good. And to get cookies from the cookie lady you had to have good grades. So he teams up with some friends to try to earn his cookie.

Kenny has recently moved to a new neighbourhood and struggles to make friends while also maintaining his grades. This was a really fun book about working hard to achieve your dreams. I'd especially recommend this to kids interested in basketball, as there's lots of references to the sport throughout.

I can't say I much liked this one, although I think it will appeal to a good number of young readers. There are no special qualities that distinguish this book. The illustrations are simple but pedestrian, not artfully innocent; the text moves irregularly between prose and tentative rhythm and rhyme; and the story feels random and without context (the Cookie Lady bakes for professional basketball players, and I thought that perhaps I was reading a nonfiction book - but no, she just bakes for basketball players). It is cute and playful enough, and little basketball fans will probably take to it quickly.

Kenny has been struggling since his family moved to Cleveland for his father's new job. Whereas previously he had friends, excellent grades and lots of options, now he finds himself lonely and performing badly at school.

There is a lady living on his street known as the Cookie Lady, who is famous for her cookies and hands them out to children with good grades. Unfortunately, Kenny does not qualify!

But one of the other kids, who does, offers to help Kenny with his school work, and the cookie lady also encourages him to keep trying. Very soon Kenny finds he has a new group of friends, a better set of grades, and - you guessed it - a delicious cookie in hand.

This is a story that will teach children that sometimes things can be hard, but there are always solutions if you are willing to look for them. The themes of new friendships, hard work and the importance of persistence are useful lessons for every young reader.