If You Give a Man a Cookie is a woman's commentary about her helpless man and the chain of events that leads him on a journey from the bed to the bathroom to the couch and back to bed at nightfall.

A New York Times bestselling children's book author, Laura is best known for the series based on her book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. First printed in 1985, "Mouse" is beyond its 60th printing. The fourth book in the series, If You Take a Mouse to the Movies, was on the New York Times children's bestseller list for five months, with nine weeks at number one.