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Cookie Angel
When the clock strikes twelve, all the presents under the Christmas tree come to life and start a ruckus! Monkey speeds around in a red racing car, and Doll and Jack-in-the-Box fight over candy canes. Can Cookie Angel stop the toys from waking the children before Christmas morning?
Bethany Roberts's fun-filled story about what happens on the night before Christmas, brought to life by Vladimir Vagin's expressive fullcolor illustrations, is sure to become a Christmas classic.
- GenresPicture BooksChristmas
40 pages, Hardcover
First published October 16, 2007
9 people want to read
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Bethany Roberts
44 books17 followersI've wanted to be a children's book author as far back as I can remember. When I was eight years old I wrote a story about a rabbit. I am still writing stories about rabbits- and mice, cats, children, monsters, and dragons!
When I was growing up, I was the neighborhood storyteller. I would make up stories on the spot for younger children in the neighborhood. I read a lot of books. But I was also a bit of a tomboy. I spent much of my time outdoors, usually barefoot, climbing trees and stone-hopping across brooks.
On my way to becoming a children's book author, I was also a teacher and a children's librarian. I always liked story hours best. When my own children, Krista and Melissa, were small, I read to them constantly- stacks and stacks of books. I think I learned the most about writing from all that reading.
Today I live in Hamden, Connecticut, with my wonderfully encouraging and supportive husband, our two daughters, and our cat. We live in a white house with lots of flowers.
When I was growing up, I was the neighborhood storyteller. I would make up stories on the spot for younger children in the neighborhood. I read a lot of books. But I was also a bit of a tomboy. I spent much of my time outdoors, usually barefoot, climbing trees and stone-hopping across brooks.
On my way to becoming a children's book author, I was also a teacher and a children's librarian. I always liked story hours best. When my own children, Krista and Melissa, were small, I read to them constantly- stacks and stacks of books. I think I learned the most about writing from all that reading.
Today I live in Hamden, Connecticut, with my wonderfully encouraging and supportive husband, our two daughters, and our cat. We live in a white house with lots of flowers.
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June 10, 2017
My seven-year-old daughter loved that the story incorporates traditional Christmas carols, which I sang, instead of just reading the words, of course, so I'm giving the book the rating that she voted for.
It's a sweet story, overall, with a few humorous moments here and there, and the illustrations are very detailed. Very nice story to read either on Christmas Eve or Christmas day. This book should definitely be read (and sang) out loud.
It's a sweet story, overall, with a few humorous moments here and there, and the illustrations are very detailed. Very nice story to read either on Christmas Eve or Christmas day. This book should definitely be read (and sang) out loud.
November 28, 2012
Abbi liked this one alot...of course, we had to do all of the actual singing, just like the cookie angel.
June 24, 2023
When the clock strikes 12 on Christmas Eve, "all the presents under the Christmas tree come to life and start a ruckus!"
Hardly an original premise, but this title still works. Illustrations by Vladimir Vagin help this picture book come to life vividly.
Some readers will adore the innocence of the Cookie Angel:
"What's an angel?" asked T. Bear, who was sitting under the Christmas tree.
"I'm an angel," said Cookie Angel. "But I don't know much about it. I just got baked."
If you find this quote too-too precious, you're clearly the audience for Bethany Roberts's picture book. FIVE STARS.
Personally, I'll Admit
This story is really not for me, due to lacking credibility. For instance, I wonder how an innocent, fragrant, just-baked Cookie Angel has acquired the cognitive complexity to make a statement like this:
"He'll wake the children and spoil Christmas."
For a human child under the age of 10, this sequence of consequences is pretty improbable. Let's remember, Cookie Angel is supposed to be just a few hours old. Maybe all the sugar baked onto her dress is what makes the difference?
Hardly an original premise, but this title still works. Illustrations by Vladimir Vagin help this picture book come to life vividly.
Some readers will adore the innocence of the Cookie Angel:
"What's an angel?" asked T. Bear, who was sitting under the Christmas tree.
"I'm an angel," said Cookie Angel. "But I don't know much about it. I just got baked."
If you find this quote too-too precious, you're clearly the audience for Bethany Roberts's picture book. FIVE STARS.
Personally, I'll Admit
This story is really not for me, due to lacking credibility. For instance, I wonder how an innocent, fragrant, just-baked Cookie Angel has acquired the cognitive complexity to make a statement like this:
"He'll wake the children and spoil Christmas."
For a human child under the age of 10, this sequence of consequences is pretty improbable. Let's remember, Cookie Angel is supposed to be just a few hours old. Maybe all the sugar baked onto her dress is what makes the difference?
November 21, 2017
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February 14, 2017
What happens to the ornaments and toys on and under your Christmas tree when you go sleep on Christmas Eve? This book takes that premise and runs with it, using a beautiful cookie angel as the main focus as she tries to stop an overactive monkey from ruining Christmas! Nicely illustrated and well-written, this book is a good addition to your annual Christmas reading list.
December 4, 2014
My four year old thought this funny. I like that you can sing a few carols along the way during the story and that it's a good theme for making cookies.
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