TY - BOOK AU - by Shawn Amos (Author) TI - Cookies & Milk: (Cookies & Milk, 1) SN - 9780759556782 PY - 0000///September 52023/// PB - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers KW - Fathers and sons — Juvenile fiction KW - Divorce — Juvenile fiction KW - Chocolate chip cookies — Juvenile fiction KW - Entrepreneurship — Juvenile fiction KW - African Americans — Juvenile fiction N1 - An NAACP Image Award winner for Outstanding Literary Work - Youth/Teens Grade level 3 - 7 Reading age 8 - 12 years N2 - Ellis Bailey Johnson has the summertime blues. Instead of hanging out with friends, listening to music, and playing his harmonica, Ellis has to help bring his dad’s latest farfetched, sure-to-fail idea to life: open the world’s first chocolate chip cookie store. They have six weeks to perfect their recipe, get a run-down A-frame storefront on Hollywood’s Sunset Boulevard into tip-top shape, and bring in customers. But nothing goes according to plan, especially when family secrets start to surface. Can Ellis bake up a happy ending? Partially based on Shawn Amos’s own experiences growing up the son of Wally “Famous” Amos, and packed with humor, heart, and fun illustrations, this debut novel sings with the joy of self-discovery, unconditional love, and community ER -