Merry Christmas, Little Pookie

(Board book)

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Its Christmas Eve! Join Mum and her little Pookie as they prepare for the merriest of holidays. Together they happily walk through the falling snow, bake Christmas cookies, decorate the house, and sing with friends and familyand at last settle down to sleep. Told and illustrated with Sandra Boyntons celebrated charm and pizzazz, Merry Christmas, Little Pookie is sure to become a Christmas classic.

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Seven years after Little Pookie first appeared, this popular piglet is finally celebrating ChristmasThe rhyming text mirrors the spare illustrations. A spidery type that emulates handwriting makes it clear when Pookie is speaking. The second-to-last spread shows Pookie, mama, and six other pigsand Boynton's requisite chickensinging (Con brio), MER-RY CHRIST-MAS! MER-RY CHRIST-MAS! AND A HAP-PY NEW YEAR!Finally Pookie hangs a stocking and goes off to bed without any fuss, anticipating presents on Christmas morning. The small size, a predictable winter adventure, and Boynton's very toddlerlike character make this a fine stocking stuffer or an ideal Christmas Eve read to share with other little piggies. * Kirkus Reviews *
Its Christmas Eve, and the eponymous porcine character is out the door as soon as snowflakes start to fall. Snowsuit-clad in festive colors, Pookie and Pookies mother walk in the snow until our noses are frozen. Next, the two make paper garlands, turn on Christmas lights, and bake cookies. After family and friends arrive for a sing-along, its time to hang stockings and head to bed: Tomorrow is Christmas,/ and when it is light,/ we will open our presents./ But for now, its good night. Boyntons big-snouted pig characters and easy-to-read lines again provide a warm and gently humored outing. * Publishers Weekly *

Author Bio

Sandra Boynton is a popular American cartoonist, childrens author, songwriter, producer, and director. Since 1974, Boynton has written and illustrated over seventy-five childrens books and seven general audience books, including fiveNew York Timesbestsellers. More than 85 million of her books have been sold, mostly to friends and family, she says. She has also written (with Michael Ford) and produced six albums of renegade childrens music. Three of her six albums have been certified Gold (over 500,000 copies sold) andPhiladelphia Chickens, nominated for a Grammy, has been certified Platinum (over 1 million copies sold). Boynton has also directed twelve music videos of her songs, including the award-winning One Shoe Blues starring B.B. King, Alligator Stroll starring Josh Turner, and Tyrannosaurus Funk (animated) sung by Samuel L. Jackson. She lives in rural New England, and her studio is in a barn with perhaps the only hippopotamus weathervane in America.