Laura Joffe Numeroff is the NYT best-selling author of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, What Mommies/Daddies Do Best and Raising a Hero. She was born in Brooklyn, New York and graduated from Pratt Institute. Laura grew up as the youngest of three girls, surrounded by art, music, and books. An avid animal lover, Laura has always wanted to write a book about service dogs. She now lives in Los Angeles, California.
Series
Books
If You Give a Pig a Pancake
1998
Ponyella
2011
Mouse Cookies
1995
Beatrice Doesn't Want To
1981
The Jellybeans and the Big Book Bonanza
2010
The Hope Tree
Kids Talk About Breast Cancer
1999
It's Pumpkin Day, Mouse!
2012
Otis & Sydney and the Best Birthday Ever
2010
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
1985
Sometimes I Wonder If Poodles Like Noodles
1999
Nighty-Night, Cooper
2013
What Grandmas Do Best
2001
When Sheep Sleep
1656
The Jellybeans and the Big Art Adventure
2012
What Sisters Do Best/What Brothers Do Best
2009
Mouse Cookies & More
A Treasury
2006
Lots of Lambs
2012
If You Give a Pig a Party
2005
Monster Munchies
1998
Laura Numeroff's 10-Step Guide to Living with Your Monster
2002
What Mommies Do Best / What Daddies Do Best
1998
What Aunts Do Best/What Uncles Do Best
2004
The Chicken Sisters
1997
What Mommies Do Best
1999
What Puppies Do Best
2011
The Jellybeans Love to Dance
2013
What Brothers Do Best
2012
If You Give a Bunny a Birthday Cake Recipes
2025
Happy Valentine's Day, Mouse!
2008
Mouse and Friends Treasure Box
2006
If You Give a Moose a Muffin Recipe Book
2025
What Daddies Do Best
2001
Time for School, Mouse!
2008
Two for Stew
1996
If You Give an Author a Pencil
2002
Happy Birthday, Mouse!
2020
Dogs Don't Wear Sneakers
1993
Sherman Crunchley
2003
What Sisters Do Best
2012
The Jellybeans and the Big Dance
2008
Happy Easter, Mouse!
2010
The Jellybeans Love to Read
2014
Would I Trade My Parents?
2009
If You Give a Cat a Cupcake
2008
Fun with Mouse and Friends
2023
If You Give a Dog a Donut
2011
If You Give a Cat a Cupcake Recipes
2006
Chimps Don't Wear Glasses
1995
If You Give A Moose A Muffin Set of 6 Books
If You Give a Moose a Muffin, If You Give a Cat a Cupcake, If You Give a Pig a Pancake, If You Give a Pig a Party, If You Take a Mouse to School, and If You Take a Mouse to the Movies
2009
The Best Mouse Cookie
1999
What Grandpas Do Best
1905
If You Give a Man a Cookie
A Parody
2017
Raising a Hero
2016
