Box of Treats: Five Little Picture Books about Lilly and Her Friends
Five little picture books about Lilly and her friends to share all year long.
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Five little picture books about Lilly and her friends to share all year long.Publishers WeeklyYoungest book lovers will clamor for A Box of Treats: Five Little Picture Books About Lilly and Her Friends by Kevin Henkes. This sweet handful of board books will be quickly devoured, time after time: Lilly's Chocolate Heart; Owen's Marshmallow Chick; Wemberly's Ice-Cream Star; Julius's Candy Corn; and Sheila Rae's Peppermint Stick. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
\ Publishers WeeklyYoungest book lovers will clamor for A Box of Treats: Five Little Picture Books About Lilly and Her Friends by Kevin Henkes. This sweet handful of board books will be quickly devoured, time after time: Lilly's Chocolate Heart; Owen's Marshmallow Chick; Wemberly's Ice-Cream Star; Julius's Candy Corn; and Sheila Rae's Peppermint Stick. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.\ \ \ \ \ Children's LiteratureThis is indeed a collection of delicious treats (Shelia Rae's Peppermint Stick, Julius's Candy Corn, Wemberley's Ice-Cream Star, Owen's Marshmallow Chick and Lily's Chocolate Heart). Originally published individually, these five little books have been packaged together to introduce kids to Lily and her friends, or for those who know them to enjoy all over again. Sheila Rae has one peppermint stick. It is striped and thin and delicious. Her younger sister Louise wants its. Shelia Rae teases Louise and finally gets her comeuppance when she falls and the stick breaks in half. At which point Louise points out that there are now two and as Sheila Rae had said earlier, if she had two she would certainly share. Not to be outdone Sheila Rae hugs her sister and says she planned to share it all along. The pictures and expressions are wonderful and it's great to see sibling rivalry turn to sweet solidarity. It's Halloween and Julius is having a party. Sitting on the table were homemade cupcakes studded with candy corn. When his mother tells him not to eat the cupcakes, he decides to count the candy corn instead. After one comes "another candy corn" and "another candy corn" until Julius has counted them all. As he counted them, however, he popped each one in his mouth. But the cupcakes are still there when his friends arrives. Parents will recognize the literal way young children think. It is almost time for bed on Valentine's Day and Lilly has just one red foil wrapped heart left. She decides to save it and looks for the perfect place to keep it. Each place she checks just isn't suitable: Then Lilly discovers the perfect place—and pops it into her mouth. One hot day Wemberly isgiven an ice cream star. Ever the worrier, she is afraid it will drip on her dress. Then she realizes her stuffed rabbit Petal doesn't have any. She waits patiently for the ice cream to melt into two bowls. They both eat ice cream soup: "And neither of them spilled a drop." Oh what joy, it is Easter morning and Owen's basket is full. He can't wait to start enjoying all of the goodies. Among his favorites are the jellybeans, which he promptly devours, then the gumdrops, next the butter cream eggs and another favorite, the chocolate bunny. There is only one item left, a yellow marshmallow chick that looks just like his fuzzy yellow blanket. Owen plays with his chick all day and when evening comes, he puts it on his shelf with a sweet kiss goodnight. Henkes had created a tribute to holiday sweets, and this latest compilation doesn't miss a beat. 2004, Greenwillow/HarperCollins, Ages 1 to 3. \ —Marilyn Courtot and Sharon Salluzzo\ \
