Christmas Cookies: Bite-Size Holiday Lessons [Hardcover]

Amy Krouse Rosenthal (Author), Jane Dyer (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 30, 2008 | Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up

This scrumptious follow-up to the bestselling Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons captures the spirit of the holiday season. From making the same kind of cookies at the same time each year (tradition) to decorating them with lots of sprinkles (celebrate), youngsters will gobble up vocabulary words and holiday lessons in this charming dictionary of sorts.

Amy Krouse Rosenthal's timeless morsels of wisdom paired with Jane Dyer's cozy illustrations are as irresistible as the aroma of cookies fresh from the oven. Go ahead, take another bite!

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 1-4–An unusual mix of rosy-cheeked children and animals acting as humans engage in activities that define holiday words as they relate to cookies and cookie making–Celebrate means/time to get out the sprinkles! Moderation means/at the party not having twenty cookies, and not having zero cookies, but having just enough cookies. Charitable, prosperity, perseverance, and reciprocate are also defined. Stylized, stiff-looking illustrations bordered with white do little to rescue this underbaked offering.–Lisa Falk, Los Angeles Public Library
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From Booklist

Similar in concept and design to Rosenthal and Dyer’s Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons (2006), this charming picture book offers a glossary of terms defined in child-friendly ways and related to the theme of Christmas cookies: “FRUSTRATED means, I can’t believe we burned them again / PERSEVERANCE means, We tried and tried and tried, and finally we made the perfect non-burned batch,” and “HOPE means, I’m filled with good feelings about what will be.” Rather than following one child throughout the book, the delightful ink-and-watercolor illustrations depict a variety of children and dressed animals with a bit of carryover of characters from one picture to the next. A sugar-cookie recipe is appended to this sweet yet wholesome Christmas offering. Preschool-Grade 2. --Carolyn Phelan

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 5 and up
  
• Hardcover: 40 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins; First Edition edition (September 30, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060580240
• ISBN-13: 978-0060580247
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 9.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #173,988 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Amy Krouse Rosenthal is a person who likes to make things.

Some things she likes to make:
Children's books.
Grown-up books.
Short films.
Salads.
Connections with the universe.
Something out of nothing.
Wishes.

According to The New York Times, Amy's award-winning children's books "radiate fun the way tulips radiate spring: they are elegant and spirit-lifting." Her 16 books for children include LITTLE PEA, SPOON, THE WONDER BOOK, COOKIES: BITE-SIZE LIFE LESSONS, AND DUCK!RABBIT!.

As for her adult work, Amazon named ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AN ORDINARY LIFE one of the top 10 memoirs of the decade.

A long-time contributor to NPR, she is currently the host and creator of Mission Amy K R.com produced by Chicago Public Radio.

Her short films include 17 Things I Made, ATM Always Trust Magic, The Kindness Thought Bubble, The Money Tree, Chip the Monk and the interactive, ongoing film project The Beckoning of Lovely (a feature-length film is scheduled for hopeful release on 11/11/11).

Amy lives IRL with her family in Chicago and online at whoisamy.com.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite children's book, November 18, 2008

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Cherry Ames (North Carolina, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Christmas Cookies: Bite-Size Holiday Lessons (Hardcover)

If you have ever grappled with explaining an abstract concept to children, like "tradition" "disappointed" or the all-important "sharing," then Amy Rosenthal and Jane Dyer's "cookie books" are for you. Through the simple analogies of baking and eating cookies (something many children can relate to), Rosenthal explains those sometimes difficult-to-understand ideas/values like gratitude, appreciative, gracious, and many more. Jane Dyer's soft, expressive child/animal illustrations complement and illustrate the concepts. The "Christmas Cookies" book includes holiday-related words like joy, believe, celebrate and peace. Both of these titles are excellent choices for a child 3-6 years of age. I have donated both to my local public library and have given many children the books as gifts. I hope Amy Rosenthal and Jane Dyer are baking more cookie books for the future!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars UNIQUE!, November 18, 2008

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This review is from: Christmas Cookies: Bite-Size Holiday Lessons (Hardcover)

As a mother of 5 and grandmother of one, I have read and enjoyed volumes of children's books. Amy Krouse Rosenthal's books have an ingenious and significant way of teaching children essential character traits. She skillfully, yet simply, represents these concepts of the heart by relating them to every child's clear understanding and love of cookies.

I applaud the author and illustrator! I wholeheartedly recommend these

2 books. EVERY child should own them! I hope Amy has more in the works!!!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for Rosenthal fans!, November 17, 2008

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This review is from: Christmas Cookies: Bite-Size Holiday Lessons (Hardcover)

If you liked "Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons" then you will love this one! Not your "traditional" holiday book, this is a great way for parents to help their little ones understand many "not so obvious" behavioral issues. This takes ideas that are often hard for little ones to grasp and puts it in a language they can understand. Trust me, this would be a perfect gift for any parent!