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From the beloved New York Times bestselling author of I Wish You More, Amy Krouse Rosenthal, this scrumptious follow-up to the bestselling Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons captures the real spirit of the Christmas season. Makes a thoughtful gift, especially accompanied with some home-baked cookies.
From making the same kind of cookies at the same time each year (tradition) to decorating them with lots of sprinkles (celebrate), emergent readers will gobble up gentle holiday lessons in this charming book.
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. Perfect for learning concept words as well as for readers of all ages as they celebrate the true meaning of Christmas.
Author Notes
Amy Krouse Rosenthal was born in Chicago, Illinois and graduated from Tufts University. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked in advertising for several years. She wrote both children's and adult books. Her children's books included Little Pea, Little Hoot, Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons, Duck! Rabbit!, Spoon, The OK Book, Plant a Kiss, I Wish You More, That's Me Loving You, Exclamation Mark!, and Uni the Unicorn. She also wrote a picture book with her daughter Paris entitled Dear Girl. Her books for adults include Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life and Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal.
Her short films include The Beckoning of Lovely, The Money Tree, The Kindness Thought Bubble, and Life Is a Marathon. Her essays and articles appeared in The New York Times, Hallmark Magazine, Parenting, O: The Oprah Magazine, and McSweeney's. She was also the host of the radio show Writers' Block Party on WBEZ Chicago Public Radio. She died of ovarian cancer on March 13, 2017 at the age of 51.
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Reviews (3)
School Library Journal Review
Gr 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 (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
Rosenthal and Dyer follow up their popular collaboration, Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons (2006), with this delightful sequel, which uses the same format to introduce concepts and feelings set in kitchen vignettes, this time during the Christmas season. In Dyer's charming watercolor illustrations, several children and anthropomorphic animals are shown baking cookies with each other or their parents, and the young bakers and their cookies are cleverly used to illustrate concepts set in capital letters, such as TRADITION (wearing the same aprons each year), FRUSTRATED (burned cookies) or THOUGHTFUL (sharing with neighbors). Many of the concepts are ones that are often difficult to get across to younger children: PERSEVERANCE, GRATITUDE and GRACIOUS. The text, while conveying little lessons in etiquette, is never preachy, using a light touch and the sweetener of the cookies to get the points across. The last few pages gracefully include many of the best concepts of the season, BELIEVE, JOY, PEACE and HOPE, with thoughtful but concise definitions that young readers will understand. A simple recipe for Christmas cookies concludes this sweet but fulfilling holiday treat. (Picture book. 3-6) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
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.--Phelan, Carolyn Copyright 2008 Booklist