Holly Pond Hill Christmas Treasury [Hardcover]

Paul Kortepeter (Author), Susan Wheeler (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 22, 2003 | Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up

With this charming illustrated treasury of original stories, recipes, and craft projects as well as best-loved carols and poems, counting down to Christmas is more fun than ever! Families can celebrate the wonder and excitement of the season along with the Boxwood bunnies of Holly Pond Hill, whose holiday preparations are brought to life in Susan Wheeler's enchanting watercolor paintings. In four separate sections-Snow, Song, Sweets, and Surprises-the busy rabbit children go caroling, create handmade gifts, mix up batches of maple slush, and bake gingerbread bunnies for Santa. Readers will find dozens of delightful ideas to make their spirits bright and their hearts light as they wait for Christmas to arrive. This treasure of a treasury is sure to be a family favorite year after year.

Illustrated by Susan Wheeler.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Artist Susan Wheeler's well-dressed woodland creatures, featured in greeting cards and elsewhere, can be seen posing as an angel chorus and more in Holly Pond Hill: A Child's Book of Christmas, with 10 poems by Paul Kortepeter. Like previous Holly Pond Hill titles, this has a padded board book format. All ages.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 2-As a family of bunnies gets ready for Christmas, readers are presented with a mishmash of poetry, craft ideas, recipes, songs, and original stories about them, accompanied by detailed watercolors depicting the Boxwoods in cozy, old-fashioned surroundings. The recipes and crafts are appealing, although children will definitely need adult help, but the stories and poems won't arouse much interest. The book is attractive, with colorful holiday borders around every page and warm, quaint illustrations of Victorian rabbits, but the content doesn't add anything new or exciting to holiday shelves.-E. M.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Hardcover: 48 pages
• Publisher: Dutton Juvenile (September 22, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0525461566
• ISBN-13: 978-0525461562
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,437,173 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 Holly Pond Hill A Child's Book of Christmas, November 29, 2003

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Clydene Chinetti (Webster, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Holly Pond Hill: A Child's Book of Christmas (Holly Pond Hill) (Board book)

This is one of the most darling books I have seen in a long time. It is perfect to read while sitting on the couch in front of a warm fireplace on a cold snowy evening just before Christmas. The characters that have been created to live in Holly Pond Hill, are just precious. I have found a new delight with each page I turned.
The book is just the size to hold in one hand, in front a a child, while they look at the pictures as you read the poems. As a child, I would have loved these pictures of home and happiness. As a Mother, or Aunt, or Grandmother, I love the deep rich colors and borders and tho the poems are more for my enjoyment, I can then talk with my child about their warm gloves and the times we made gingerbread man cookies. It is wonderful for both the reader and child.
I believe it is just the size and shape to be placed on the table under the lamp right next to the chair, where it can be taken out and gone over many times during the holiday. What a treasure to find such a book and know how to share it with your child. I can just imagine it now, "Remember when we went to the Christmas Tree Farm and you picked ...."

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Holly Pond Hill: A Child's Book of Christmas (Holly Pond Hill), December 9, 2008

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Anna M. Ligtenberg "AnnaLovesBooks" (Chicago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Holly Pond Hill: A Child's Book of Christmas (Holly Pond Hill) (Board book)

ISBN 0525470174 - One of the things I've begun to find, as I read through a very big pile of Christmas books, is that there are many re-tellings of a few stories and not enough original, unique books. This one is one of the rare, original, unique ones and well worth adding to your collection.

Ten untitled poems express the joy, excitement and fun of the holiday season. Each set of facing pages has an illustration on one side that matches the poem on the other.

Everything that's good about Christmas is in here - from trees to gingerbread, from Jesus's birth to Christmas carols. Paul Kartepeter's poems are short and sweet, perfect for a bedtime read or just curling up with on the couch. The book has a pillowed cover and the pages are edged in gold, so it's already Christmas-y even before you open it! The only complaint I have is that the illustrations, by Susan Wheeler, are a bit smaller than really necessary. The board book pages are sturdy and will take a bit of rough handling with ease, but this really isn't a childrens' book just for children so I don't imagine it will get as worn as other, more common, board books. This is more the sort of book you will want to, even have to, read to your child. You'll enjoy at least as much as, maybe even more than, your young one!

- AnnaLovesBooks

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A gem of a book; great seller!, November 18, 2008

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This review is from: Holly Pond Hill Christmas Treasury (Hardcover)

Thank you so much for getting the book to me so quickly and in perfect condition. Unfortunately, this book seems to be out of print so I was really glad to get this pristine copy.