Arthur's Christmas Cookies: (I Can Read Book Series) ANNOTATION
Arthur finds a way to enjoy his Christmas cookies even after he discovers they can't be eaten.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
The Christmas presents that Arthur the chimpanzee makes are inedible—but, happily, much more lasting than mere cookies. ‘Told with real humor, which is always delightful to find in so simple a text.’ —H.
Children's Books of 1972 (Library of Congress)
Author Biography:
Lillian Hoban's books for children have been working magic for nearly thirty years. Her illustrations can help change an unfamiliar setting-like a museum filled with dinosaurs and whales-into a wondrous adventure, and her words and pictures together can transform chimpanzees and badgers into very real companions for the youngest reader.
Ms. Hoban was born and raised in Philadelphia. Among the first books she illustrated were the ever-popular "Frances" books, and several years later she wrote and illustrated Arthur's Christmas Cookies, thereby ushering in her beloved 'Arthur" series.
In 1967 Ms. Hoban was asked to illustrate Will I Have a Friend? by Miriam Cohen. It was the beginning of an enormously popular collaboration that produced more that a dozen books about Jim, Paul, Danny, Anna Maria, and the rest of the first-grade classcharacters as familiar to children as their own classmates.
Perhaps the key to the unfailing popularity of Ms. Hoban's stories and illustrations is that she's long been a keen observer of children, having had firsthand experience raising four of her own.
Lillian Hoban lives in Connecticut.
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