Sugar Cookies: Sweet Little Lessons on Love [Hardcover]

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

Book Description

Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up

This delectable follow-up to the bestselling Cookies and Christmas Cookies defines words that are associated with love. From letting your friend have the last cookie (selfless) to waiting to lick the bowl together (considerate), here is a book for anyone who wants to say I love you. Meanings are illuminated in this different kind of dictionary, which is every bit as heartwarming as the experience of baking cookies with someone you love.

Amy Krouse Rosenthal's sweet little lessons, mixed with warm and inviting illustrations by mother-daughter duo Jane Dyer and Brooke Dyer, make for a book that will hit the spot!

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

This third book in the “cookie” series once again takes words children may or may not know and defines them in ways that make sure listeners taste the sugar inside them. Keeping true to the cookie metaphor throughout, the book explains words like tenderness (“lifting the fresh cookies from the tray with care and gentleness”) and heartbroken (“my heart feels sad and hurt, like a crumbling cookie”). The words here seem more sophisticated than in previous books, but the Dyers’ fabulous artwork, where children and animals mingle in the real world, extend the definitions. Sugar cookie recipe appended. Preschool-Grade 1. --Ilene Cooper

About the Author

Amy Krouse Rosenthal is a New York Times bestselling author of books for children and grown-ups. Her children’s books include the Cookies series, illustrated by Jane Dyer and Brooke Dyer; Duck! Rabbit!, The OK Book, Yes Day!, and It’s Not Fair!, illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld; Spoon, illustrated by Scott Magoon; The Wonder Book, illustrated by Paul Schmid; and This Plus That, Little Pea, Little Hoot, and Little Oink, illustrated by Jen Corace. Her work for grown-ups includes the memoir Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life and the film project The Beckoning of Lovely. Amy lives online at www.whoisamy.com and for real in Chicago.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 5 and up
  
• Hardcover: 40 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins (October 27, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061740721
• ISBN-13: 978-0061740725
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 9.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #703,899 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

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love this book!!, January 23, 2010

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TXMom (TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sugar Cookies: Sweet Little Lessons on Love (Hardcover)

I LOVE this book. We have a couple of other Amy Krouse Rosenthal books, but I think as a mom this one is my favorite. My five year old son got this as a birthday gift when he turned 4 and he really loves it too. The whole book takes character traits and gives definitions that relate to cookies so that kids can understand what they mean. For example, one of them goes something like "Trustworthy means if you ask me to watch your cookie until you come back, when you come back I will still be watching your cookie." Other traits are patience, honesty, courage, loyalty...and more. The illustrations are great and the definitions are so wonderful - exactly how you would try to explain them to a young child. I have referred back to this book when I'm reminding my son about these traits. I'll say, "remember in your cookies book how it says courage means...." I Highly recommend this for kids who are around 4-8. Moms will love it even more!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet Fun, February 5, 2010

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Whatcha Reading Now? (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sugar Cookies: Sweet Little Lessons on Love (Hardcover)

Sugar Cookies is a perfect Valentine's Day book giving meaning to words like tenderness, bliss, forgive, and considerate. The charming illustrations by a mother -daughter duo make this picture book oh-so scrumptious.
-- Reviewed by Michelle Delisle

5.0 out of 5 stars How fun!, November 28, 2011

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Evie (Florida) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sugar Cookies: Sweet Little Lessons on Love (Hardcover)

My sister told me about this book. A lady read it during her friend's funeral to all the family and friends, since it so well expressed the way the woman had lived a full life. I couldn't wait to get it for my grand kids. As excited as I am to make cookies and memories with them after we read the book, I am even more excited to introduce words into their lives that you rarely hear in this world of "reality shows". They learn the meaning of "adore, endearment, cherish, protect," just to name a few. And it's explained in a way that will reach into their little hearts and take root. I smell "sugar cookies". Yum!