If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is an American children's picture book written by Laura Joffe Numeroff and illustrated by Felicia Bond, first published in 1985 by Harper and Row.

[3] The text was interpreted by illustrator Felicia Bond to show the increasing energy of the mouse, with the little boy being run ragged by the end of the story.

The art was praised by School Library Journal for its "meticulous attention to detail",[1] and was executed with vibrant colors of blended pencil in a complex process of layering magenta, cyan, yellow, and black on separate sheets, which were then assembled during printing.

[8] If You Give a Mouse a Cookie[10] quickly became established as a popular favorite and is today considered a contemporary classic.

The series has fans of all ages from all over the world including Japan, where an entire Tokyo city bus was painted with images of Mouse.

[18] First Lady Michelle Obama read If You Give a Mouse a Cookie on the White House lawn during the 2009 Easter Egg Roll.

In the movie Air Force One, a captured President warns the Vice-President via phone about negotiating with the terrorists holding him hostage by saying, "If you give a mouse a cookie..." She responds with a knowing look, "...they're going to want a glass of milk."

It debuted as part of Amazon's 2015 Pilot Season before the If You Give a Mouse a Christmas Cookie holiday special was released on November 25, 2016.