Arthur's Christmas Cookies (An I Can Read Book) (I Can Read Book 2) [Illustrated] [Library Binding]

Lillian Hoban (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 14, 1972 | Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: K and up | Series: I Can Read Book 2

Arthur wants to make Christmas cookies for Mother and Father. His sister, Violet, lets him use her Bake-E-Z oven. Wilma and Norman come over to watch -- and talk, and fight and push! The dough falls on the floor, and, finally, when the cookies are done, there is something very wrong with them.

"Nothing I make is any good," cries Arthur. But with a little help from his friends, Arthur comes up with an idea for Christmas surprises for everyone!

Lillian Hoban's hilarious story, which the New York Times called "funny and childlike," and her affectionate pictures of Arthur and his friends make Arthur's Christmas Cookies a treat for children all the year round.

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About the Author

Lillian Hoban's books for children have been working magic for nearly thirty years. Her illustrations can help change an unfamiliar setting-like a museum filled with dinosaurs and whales-into a wondrous adventure, and her words and pictures together can transform chimpanzees and badgers into very real companions for the youngest reader.

Ms. Hoban was born and raised in Philadelphia. Among the first books she illustrated were the ever-popular "Frances" books, and several years later she wrote and illustrated Arthur's Christmas Cookies, thereby ushering in her beloved 'Arthur" series.

In 1967 Ms. Hoban was asked to illustrate Will I Have a Friend? by Miriam Cohen. It was the beginning of an enormously popular collaboration that produced more that a dozen books about Jim, Paul, Danny, Anna Maria, and the rest of the first-grade classcharacters as familiar to children as their own classmates.

Perhaps the key to the unfailing popularity of Ms. Hoban's stories and illustrations is that she's long been a keen observer of children, having had firsthand experience raising four of her own.

Lillian Hoban lives in Connecticut.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Library Binding: 64 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins (November 14, 1972)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060223685
• ISBN-13: 978-0060223687
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,447,762 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So cute!, November 5, 2005

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mariana81 (Metro Detroit) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Arthur's Christmas Cookies (An I Can Read Book) (I Can Read Book 2) (Library Binding)

I love this book. It's great to read to kids or for a beginning reader to read on their own.
Arthur wants to bake Christmas cookies for his parents. Using his sister's EZ Bake Oven, he does just that - only he accidentally uses salt instead of sugar! The cookies come out hard as rocks, and Arthur cries that nothing he makes ever turns out good. But then, he thinks of a different way to use the cookies - a way that they'll last a lot longer, too. Great book for Christmastime.

5.0 out of 5 stars We love Arthur and his sister Violet, December 29, 2010

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This review is from: Arthur's Christmas Cookies (I Can Read Book 2) (Paperback)

My child loves Arthur and his sister Violet. This book and others in the series are nice short stories about a brother and sister and a small adventure. In this book Arthur goes camping by himself because he doesn't want to go camping with his sister Violet and her friends. He has a misadventure but everything is well in the end.