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10/20/14

Arthur's Christmas Cookies

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Lilian Hoban/ Lilian Hoban
PUBLISHER:    Harper and Row     PUBLICATION DATE:  1972
GENRE: Fiction Picture Book           READING LEVEL: 2nd - 3rd 
BRIEF OVERVIEW: Arthur wants to make Christmas cookies for Mother and Father. His sister, Violet, lets him use her Bake-E-Z oven. Wilma and Norman come over to watch -- and talk, and fight and push! The dough falls on the floor, and, finally, when the cookies are done, there is something very wrong with them.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Use this book to reinforce the importance of sharing and working together. Use play dough to make play dough cookies, requiring that the children share the supplies.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: (James Carnegie,  Valdosta State University ECSE)
LABELS: Sharing, Classic, Art
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