I have two sweet-treat-themed books to share about today! (As if you aren’t already swamped with holiday sweets at your house! But….these treats are just to read about, not eat!)
The first is another book in the ever-popular series of “If You Give a….” books by Laura Numeroff & Felicia Bond. If You Give a Cat a Cupcake is just as full of rolicking fun as the other titles they’ve debuted….and for some reason, children can’t resist these stories. (I know mine can’t.) If it’s not the words, it’s the silly pictures that get my two little ones giggling….even my harder-to-impress-with-books 4-year-old son! It’s truly one of his top favorites now, and he loves to hear it again and again. The storyline, like in the other titles, comes full circle, and creates one crazy adventure….the cat even visits a gym to workout….a silly, ludicrous activity that the kids found hilarious. It helps that the cat resembles our own resident feline.
Browse inside to see how fun this book is!:
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To go along with this book are some fun, free teaching materials and an online matching game!
If You Give a Cat a Cupcake retails for $16.99 and can be found at most any brick-and-mortar bookstore or online bookseller.
The second book is quite a treasure: Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. It’s a friendly, child-centric dictionary of morals, of sorts. This book, with sweet, huggable children and dressed-up animals, teaches in a tangible way (with cookies, of course) how to share, how to be a friend, how to look at a glass half-full.
I found myself feeling as if I was stepping back into the first half of the century when I looked at these drawings and surveyed the overall vintage look of this volume. This is not only a book of virtues, it’s an heirloom.
This one should truly be seen to be understood:
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This pretty, pretty book retails for $12.99. (For a link to online sellers, again, click here.)
Win it! I have a great giveaway lined up today for these titles….
THREE of you will win a copy of If You Give a Cat a Cupcake and ONE of you will win a copy of Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons.
What do you do? Just tell me in a comment which title you’d rather win for your children’s bookshelf and WHY. I will close the contest next Sunday, December 28, 2008 at 11pm EST. One comment only; duplicate commenters will be disqualified. US entries only. GOOD LUCK!
*** More chances to win!! Run over to HarperCollins Children’s for a chance to win one of 10 holiday book prize packs! Hurry; contest ends January 10, 2009. ***
Naomi (3 years ago)
We have six kitties and we love to bake cupcakes… guess which book appeals most to us?!