Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie Thief

Matthew Swanson ∙ Illustrated by Robbi Behr

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Published on Aug 8, 2023 | 320 Pages

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Published on Sep 6, 2022 | 304 Pages

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Grades 3–7
Ages 8–12

Justice is sweet when a school bully gets a taste of his own medicine. A hilarious new Cookie Chronicles adventure that middle-school readers who love Wimpy Kid and Dog Man will gobble up with gusto.

"Impossible to resist.” —Lincoln Peirce, New York Times bestselling author of Big Nate.

When Ben’s fortune cookie tells him that the best things in life are free, he believes he can get anything he wants without paying for it—as long as it’s the best. But Ben’s dreams of free cookies and fancy scooters are quickly dashed when schoolyard bully Flegg McEggars steals his fortune.

Ben will stop at nothing to get his fortune back, but bringing the thief to justice will be no easy feat. He has to lawyer up, gather witnesses, and present his case to the fifth graders in Kid Court. Along the way, Ben learns that crime comes in many forms and the real villains are not always the people we first suspect.

From the husband-and-wife, author-and-illustrator duo that brought you Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom comes a tale of truth, justice, and the pursuit of cookies.

ISBN 9780593432990 (Paperback)
Published on Aug 8, 2023
Published by Yearling
Pages 320
Dimensions 5-1/2 x 8-1/4
Age Range 8-12 years
Grade Grades 3-7
Reading Level Lexile: 610L | Fountas/Pinnell: R

ISBN 9780593432969 (Hardcover)
Published on Sep 6, 2022
Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages 304
Dimensions 5-1/2 x 8-1/4
Age Range 8-12 years
Grade Grades 3-7
Reading Level Lexile: 610L | Fountas/Pinnell: R

ISBN 9780593432983 (Ebook)
Published on Sep 6, 2022
Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages 304
Age Range 8-12 years
Grade Grades 3-7
Reading Level Lexile: 610L | Fountas/Pinnell: R

ISBN 9780593610251 (Audiobook Download)
Published on Sep 6, 2022
Published by Listening Library
Age Range 8-12 years
Grade Grades 3-7
Reading Level Lexile: 610L | Fountas/Pinnell: R

Matthew Swanson

Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr are the husband/wife, author/illustrator team behind the Cookie Chronicles, The Real McCoys, Babies Ruin Everything, and Everywhere, Wonder (Imprint Books). Until recently, they also ran two small presses: Bobbledy Books and Idiots’ Books. These days, they spend most of their time making books and raising four kids in the hayloft of an old barn in Chestertown, Maryland. They spend the rest of their time speaking, teaching, and leading workshops on collaboration and creative entrepreneurship—and the rest of the rest of their time running a commercial salmon-fishing operation on the Alaskan tundra.