A Katie Kazoo Christmas

Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo #18.5

by Nancy E. Krulik, John & Wendy (Illustrator)

Katie can’t wait for the holidays. There are so many things to look forward to! Her motorcycle-riding grandma is coming to visit, class 4A is having a Secret Santa grab bag, and it’s almost time for Cherrydale’s annual holiday lights display contest. But even the busy holiday season doesn’t stop the magic wind! Join Katie in these three separate holiday stories and find out how she handles the holiday hijinks!

Genres: Childrens, Christmas, Fiction, Chapter Books, Middle Grade

240 pages, Paperback

Published September 15, 2005

About the author

Nancy Krulik is the author of more than 100 books for children and young adults, including three New York Times bestsellers. She is best known, however, for being the author and creator of the Katie Kazoo Switcheroo book series, which has brought her to the attention of second, third, and fourth graders nationwide.

Nancy has also written extensively for teens and is well known as a biographer of Hollywood's hottest young stars. Her knowledge of the details of celebrities lives has made her a desired guest on several entertainment shows on the E! network as well as on Extra and Access Hollywood. She can be seen there talking about the secret lives of such celebs as Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Hilary Duff, and Frankie Muniz. Nancy has also been a guest on radio broadcasts nationwide discussing the superstars she has researched over the years.

As the author of several teen and preteen advice books, including Grosset and Dunlap's Prom!: The Complete Guide to a Truly Spectacular Night, Nancy has been interviewed by several prominent magazines including Cosmo Girl, Teen, Teen People, Seventeen, and Teen Celebrity. She has also been the celebrity guest for three Teen People chat presentations. Nancy has recently begun to delve into the teen novel market, writing four romances for young adults, all of which will be published between 2004 and 2005.

Nancy currently lives in Manhattan with her husband, composer Daniel Burwasser, their two children, Amanda and Ian, and a crazed cockerspaniel named Pepper .

Reviews

[Crystal · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really like this book because it's all about Christmas. I think people should read this book. It is AWESOME!!

[Hannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

I also got this for Christmas in ~2010. There are three separate stories in this special edition. The first story was about the Christmas decorating contest on Katie’s block. There was high competition between Mr. Brigandi (switcheroo) and the Derkmans, and Katie felt that the Christmas spirit was being ruined. She was able later to encourage everyone to help the homeless. The second story was about saving the Earth and Christmas wrapping. Katie switcherooed into Lauren, the gift wrapper at the mall. Katie saves Lauren’s job by reusing materials like newspapers. The third story was about Santa (her grandma’s friend looks like Santa) and secret Santas at school. While switcherooing into the elf at the mall, Katie makes a mess of things and the fake Santa quits. She gets her grandma’s friend to be Santa in place of him. For secret Santas at school, she received some horrible gifts, but her final gift was genuine (and the bad gifts were so she wouldn’t be able to guess who it was from).

[Alice · Rating 5 out of 5]

I know this is a kids book, but I wonder if she ever ended up with (Jeremy?) lol
I read this years ago obviously.

[Hannah S. · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a throwback. I used to love these books. Sometimes I read them, for old times' sake.

[V · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read 1/3 stories - Lights Out

Boring.

[Anna Christine · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fun blast from the past! I loved these books when I was younger, and it was so fun to revisit some old friends 😄

[K.J. Haakenson]

Super fun and full of Christmas cheer! I liked that one of the stories shared a bit about other holiday celebrations throughout different cultures. My favorite was the Secret Santa one!

[Alexis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wasn't it February like three books ago?

[Erin O'Neal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Was my favorite book as a kid and rereading this was nostalgia.

[Sophie · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a fun book to read. Easy to read and relaxing

[Ryan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book several times. It is a fun, cozy holiday read. I loved every minute of it. Katie Kazoo is a very fun character.

[Sonia Gomes · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love Literature for the young and Katie Kazoo was no exception. I particularly like the way Katie tries to save the Environment. The best story, in this book of three stories is the one about the Gift Wrapper, Loren, Katie's fiasco when she 'takes' over her job. Katie Kazoo rallies and Loren uses newspaper so artistically that everyone wants a gift wrapped by Loren with nothing but newspaper. Makes you really want to recycle stuff! Lovely idea.

[Samantha · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this book there are three stories about katie and christmas. She is so exicted to bake cookies,wrap prestents and go caloring with her freinds. But when the holidays can't keep the magic wind away.In this book she turns into a department store gift wraper,her neighbor and a christmas elf. so join katie in this wild adventureas she gets to be adventerous..

[Lesa · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this aloud to my five- and seven-year-old daughters. It's not the kind of book I usually read to them, but I wanted something Christmasy. I didn't realize it was three different stories. I actually skipped most of the second story because it was about Hanukkah. Not interested! My daughters liked it. I think my seven-year-old would like to read more Katie Kazoo books on her own.

[Rowe Northwestern · Rating 5 out of 5]

katie kazoo christmas has three storys... and im going to tell you one of them. Its about there being a contest and too peple are entering the contest and thay fight over whos going to win the contest. But katie kazoo brakes up the fight and thay all get there crismis spirit back.

[Maisy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really liked this because it was three books in one.

[Jordan L. · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this book because,it tells a story about a real life girl.

[Hailey · Rating 4 out of 5]

all i can say is that it's short.

[Madison]

ITS AWSOME

[K.C. · Rating 1 out of 5]

Only read the first story of three. Wasn't as good as I thought it would be. The "Switcheroo" part was very short and had no point.

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

it was good and filled with good laughs

[April · Rating 3 out of 5]

good Christmas kids book

[Shaniya · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think it is good because a wish come ture like a wind and change her into people or into dog,cats....

[Miki · Rating 5 out of 5]

good

[Chanelle Lonie · Rating 4 out of 5]

i read it every christmas

[Kiana · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think this book is amazing because its all about Christmas and how people sometimes feel.I have to say I was surprised about some details in the story.

[Holly · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this book and read it even if it's not Christmas yet. In fact I just read a little.

[Ally Adams · Rating 3 out of 5]

Katie Kazoo is a cute girl that only wants to make everyone happy! This is a great dad for little people.

[Van Weltchek]

Love it!

[Starling Wolfrum · Rating 1 out of 5]

f**k katie kazoo.