![]() ![]() Beth is a character many tweens will relate to as she wrestles with who she is inside and where she wants her life to take her. While the cookie war did happen and did involve a Mennonite family, an author’s note discloses that Stellings’s relationship is with Edna Staebler. Stellings gives readers a glimpse at life in a Mennonite community, but is not Mennonite herself. Beth finds herself torn between her desires, her family beliefs, and her conscience. ![]() ![]() ![]() Learning of Beth’s artistic dreams, Paula attempts to get Beth on her side, and maybe even the recipe book in her hands, with the promise of art lessons. Grandmama wants nothing to do with Paula or the lawsuit. Paula, the lawyer, works for a cookie company that is being sued over a recipe-which was first recorded generations ago in Beth’s family’s recipe book. The outside world is soon on the family’s doorstep when a dear, non-Mennonite friend and cookbook author, Edna Staebler, brings a corporate lawyer to meet Beth’s grandmother. Beth’s grandmother disapproves of her drawings, saying they are not useful or practical and that the Mennonite are modest people, but Beth doesn’t want the same life her family has. Twelve-year-old Beth wonders what it would be like to live in the world outside her community and dreams of being an artist one day. Gr 4-6–A family cookie recipe becomes the focus of a legal battle in this story of a Canadian Mennonite girl and her family. Chapter 1 - The Great Cookie War - song and lyrics by Caroline Stellings, Christine Brubaker Spotify Sign up Log in Home Search Your Library Create Playlist Liked Songs Legal Privacy Center Privacy Policy Cookies About Ads Your Privacy Choices Cookies English Preview of Spotify Sign up to get unlimited songs and podcasts with occasional ads. ![]()
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