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Alumni and faculty members who would like to have their books considered for this listing should contact Stacey Himmelberger, editor of Hamilton magazine. This list, which dates back to 2018, is updated periodically with books appearing alphabetically on the date of entry.

Cookie Queen: How One Girl Started Tate’s Bake Shop by Lowey Bundy Sichol ’96 and Kathleen King

November 8, 2023

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From the author of award-winning nonfiction entrepreneurship biographies for kids comes this picture book that tells the story of 11-year-old Kathleen King, who sets out to make the perfect chocolate-chip cookie. Little did she know that her mission would serve as the inspiration behind the world-renowned Tate’s Bake Shop cookie. “This [book] is extra special because I co-authored it with Kathleen. It’s illustrated by the amazingly talented New York Times bestselling illustrator Ramona Kaulitzki,” Sichol says. “Also included in the back of the book is a special cookie recipe from Kathleen — one that she made as a young girl with her beloved father, Tate!”