Numeroff's books have been published in many languages. Her autobiography, If You Give an Author a Pencil, was published in 2003 it was written at a second-grade reading level so that it is accessible to children. When asked about her earlier endeavors into illustrations during an interview, she mentioned that though she loves drawing, she decided her 'strength was in writing and not in illustration' and said 'I don't think I would illustrate a whole book anymore at this point.' When the manuscript for If You Give A Mouse A Cookie was bought by HarperCollins after nine rejections, Numeroff's editor chose Felicia Bond to illustrate. The book is both written and illustrated by Numeroff.

Upset that she is missing all the happenings of her school day, Phoebe busies herself pretending she is a dog and eventually playing Go Fish with her grandmother who comes over to keep her company. Phoebe Dexter Has Harriet Peterson's Sniffles, published in January 1977, tells the tale of Phoebe Dexter who is stuck at home because she is sick. Numeroff has worked with illustrators including Lynn Munsinger, David McPhail, Tim Bowers, Nate Evans, Joe Mathieu, Sal Murdocca, Sharleen Collicott and Felicia Bond Felicia Bond is the illustrator of the If You Give. Numeroff's first nine books were both written and illustrated by Numeroff herself. Before graduating from Pratt in 1975, Amy For Short was published by Macmillan Publishing. A homework assignment prompted Numeroff to write and illustrate Amy for Short, about the tallest girl in third grade. Realizing fashion 'wasn't for her', she returned to her childhood dream of becoming a writer and took a course in illustrating and writing children's books. Numeroff attended Pratt Institute, where she initially studied fashion. White's Stuart Little and Kay Thompson's Eloise. She credits her current profession to two childhood favorites, saying that they 'are the reason' she is a writer: E. By the age of nine, she had decided she wanted to be a writer when she grew up. Numeroff was born in Brooklyn, New York, the youngest of three girls. Laura Joffe Numeroff (born July 14, 1953) is an American author and illustrator of children's books who is best known as the author of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.

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