A Box of Treats: Five Little Picture Books about Lilly and Her Friends [Hardcover]

Kevin Henkes (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 1 and up

Five little picture books about Lilly and her friends to share all year long.

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About the Author

Kevin Henkes is the author and illustrator of many books for children of all ages—among them are Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, Chrysanthemum, and Wemberly Worried. He was awarded the Caldecott Medal for Kitten's First Full Moon, a Caldecott Honor for Owen, and a Newbery Honor for Olive's Ocean. He lives with his family in Madison, Wisconsin.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 1 and up
  
• Hardcover: 24 pages
• Publisher: Greenwillow Books (October 26, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060732113
• ISBN-13: 978-0060732110
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 5.4 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,702 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #41 in Books > Children's Books > Animals > Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs & Squirrels
  • #97 in Books > Children's Books > Holidays & Celebrations

More About the Author

Kevin Henkes is the creator of many distinguished books for children, including Kitten's First Full Moon (winner of the Caldecott Medal), Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, and Chrysanthemum. His novels for young people include Olive's Ocean (a Newbery Honor Book) and Bird Lake Moon.

Customer Reviews

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47 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Five Sweet Treats...and what that means, July 25, 2007

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A. E. Dunbar (Lathrup Village, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Box of Treats: Five Little Picture Books about Lilly and Her Friends (Hardcover)

As mentioned in other reviews; this set of books is nicely smallish (5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches), and beautifully drawn, and the 5 stories are lovely. What no one has yet bothered to mention is the answer to "What do you get?" in this smallish, prettily drawn and nicely written set?

You get 5 small, hard cover books in a nice, slick board box;
Lilly's Chocolate Heart, Owen's Marshmellow Chick, Wemberly's Ice-Cream Star, Julius's Candy Corn and Sheila Rae's Peppermint Stick.

Each short story involves a 'treat'; an Easter Marshmellow Chick, some Halloween Candy Corn, a Forth of July ice cream, etc, that barely mention the holiday to which they owe their existance. For example, although Owen does get an "Easter basket", there is no mention of Christmas in Sheila Rae's Peppermint Stick and no mention of why a red, white and blue star-shaped ice-cream would be Wemberly's special treat "on a hot day".

All of which is fine with me, I thoroughly enjoy reading these with my 3 1/2 and 4 1/2 year old kids, even our 18 month old seems to enjoy these stories, but I feel if we were not a Christmas-and-Easter-celebrating household, this set would have been a bit of a bummer. So, consider yourself warned. :)

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Three Year Old Daughter Loves Them!, May 18, 2005

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Barbara J. French "mom2donnyandmeghan" (Cortlandt Manor, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Box of Treats: Five Little Picture Books about Lilly and Her Friends (Hardcover)

These 5 books have to get read each night before my daughter will go to sleep. It doesn't matter that the stories are for certain times of the year, she adores the characters. Lately she has been "reading" them to me...she has the memorized. We have many of Mr. Henkes books and they are well read. You can't go wrong with this set!

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Box of Treats, October 19, 2005

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T. Peck "momma" (Altanta GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Box of Treats: Five Little Picture Books about Lilly and Her Friends (Hardcover)

What a treat this little box is!!! My children love all five! We are big Kevin Henkes fans and this book delivers! Lilly and her friends are a must read at bed time!