‘Cookie Queen’ Tells the Story of Kathleen’s King’s Foray Into Baking

With some flour and a dream, Long Island entrepreneur Kathleen King chronicles her path to becoming the founder of the world-renowned Tate’s Bake Shop in her debut picture book “Cookie Queen: How One Girl Started Tate’s Bake Shop.”

Written by King and Lowey Bundy Sichol and illustrated by Ramona Kaulitzki, the book sells for $18.99. Published by Random House Books for Young Readers, it hits stores on July 18. Meet Kathleen King at Tate’s Bake Shop, 43 North Sea Road, Southampton, on August 6, at 11 a.m. where she will be signing copies of “Cookie Queen.”

“Cookie Queen” tells the story of how 11-year-old Kathleen King was positively obsessed with baking the perfect chocolate chip cookie. She experimented over and over and over with different recipes — less flour, more butter, longer baking time — until she got it just right.

Customers flocked to her family’s farm stand on Noyac Road in North Sea for King’s enormous, buttery chocolate chip cookies. And when she grew up, she started “Tate’s Bake Shop,” which is named for her father and has grown into a multimillion-dollar empire. Today, King’s iconic cookies are sold all over the country. Tate’s bestselling cookie is, of course, its chocolate chip cookie. Many famous people have called Tate’s the best chocolate chip cookie in the world.

“Cookie Queen” is the delicious true story of how a little girl’s dream turned into an enormous cookie empire. The book includes an original recipe for molasses cookies that families will be inspired to create after reading this empowering story.

Kathleen King is also the author of “Baking for Friends,” and “The Tate’s Bake Shop Cookbook.” This is her first book for children.

Lowey Bundy Sichol is an award-winning children’s author. She is a leading expert in teaching business and entrepreneurship to kids. Ramona Kaulitzki is a book illustrator based in Potsdam, Germany. Her work includes the number one New York Times bestseller “Sisters First,” “Badger’s Perfect Garden” and “Wonderful You,” among others.