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| A Box of Treats: Five Little Picture Books about Lilly and Her Friends | 
 enlarge | Creator: Kevin Henkes
Publisher: HarperFestival
Category: Book
List Price: $14.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (10 reviews)
Sales Rank: 17563
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 24
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 5.3 x 1.7
ISBN: 0060732113
EAN: 9780060732110
ASIN: 0060732113
Publication Date: November 1, 2004
Release Date: October 26, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Five little picture books about Lilly and her friends to share all year long.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 A little disappointing for Henkes fans. July 6, 2008
I have loved Kevin Henkes books, especially his Lilly books, since well before I had a young daughter. I was excited to buy her this boxed set as her first introduction to Henkes.
I was a bit disappointed that they seem to lack the wit that the rest of the Lilly series has. I missed comments such as, "You mean that bump is a baby? I thought you were just getting fat!" It's just sugary-sweet treats, and perhaps an attempt to teach educational concepts.
Charming confection! October 22, 2007
My 3 and half year-old loves this collection -- one book is never enough, all five have to be read in one sitting, preferably twice! Luckily the stories are not wordy, but charming and whimsical and some even have a little lesson, though delivered so as to barely notice. The illustrations are superb as always.
Five Sweet Treats...and what that means July 25, 2007
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
As mentioned in other reviews; this set of books is nicely smallish (5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches), and beautifully drawn, and the 5 stories are lovely. What no one has yet bothered to mention is the answer to "What do you get?" in this smallish, prettily drawn and nicely written set?
You get 5 small, hard cover books in a nice, slick board box;
Lilly's Chocolate Heart, Owen's Marshmellow Chick, Wemberly's Ice-Cream Star, Julius's Candy Corn and Sheila Rae's Peppermint Stick.
Each short story involves a 'treat'; an Easter Marshmellow Chick, some Halloween Candy Corn, a Forth of July ice cream, etc, that barely mention the holiday to which they owe their existance. For example, although Owen does get an "Easter basket", there is no mention of Christmas in Sheila Rae's Peppermint Stick and no mention of why a red, white and blue star-shaped ice-cream would be Wemberly's special treat "on a hot day".
All of which is fine with me, I thoroughly enjoy reading these with my 3 1/2 and 4 1/2 year old kids, even our 18 month old seems to enjoy these stories, but I feel if we were not a Christmas-and-Easter-celebrating household, this set would have been a bit of a bummer. So, consider yourself warned. :)
just a little too sweet July 21, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
first, these are great little stories. kevin henkes is a fabulous author. my only issue is that i would have liked to have known ahead of time that all the stories were about sugary sweets and the characters hording their sweets in some way. it's turned out to be fine - my daughter still loves the stories. i just would have liked a heads' up.
Big Help April 11, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great set for anyone teaching the Lucy Calkins Units of Study for Primary Grades!
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