Messy Bessey's Holidays (a Rookie Reader)

by Fredrick L. McKissack, Patricia C. McKissack, Frederick L. McKissack

Book Overview

A fun and engaging way for young children to figure out concepts and solving problems on his or her own.

Rookie Readers (Ages 5-7) have provided entertaining, high-quality introductions to reading for more than a generation. Each title features full-color, often hilarious illustrations and engaging stories that always involve a young child figuring out concepts or solving problems on his or her own. Bessey and her mother bake cookies for Christmas, Kwanzaa, and Hanukkah, and after cleaning up the kitchen, they distribute the treats to their neighbors.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0516264761
• ISBN13: 9780516264769
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: C. Press/F. Watts Trade
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.9" x 7.1"
• Age Range: 5 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Cookie Fun! - a review of

Maybe it's the cookie aspect, but my son (just turned 5) really likes this Rookie Reader book. The story, as you can gather from the title, is about Messy Bessey and the Holidays. It involves making cookies for her friends and neighbors and this time the mess she makes is in the kitchen. The book touches briefly on the holidays of Chanukah, Christmas, and Kwanzaa. To that end, Bessey and her mom make cookies in different shapes which they then share out. An example of text follows. Menorahs, candles, fruits, and bells are signs of the holidays. All over, people celebrated in many different ways. Christmas, Kwanzaa, and Chanukah, no matter what the reason, here's a gift from Bess to you to celebrate the season. The book then ends with a recipe for sugar cookies. [My son likes the book so much he makes me read the recipe. Go figure--lol] Four Stars. Can't beat a Primer that promotes cleaning up after oneself. This Messy Bessey is about the winter time holidays. The vocabulary is rather harder in this book than other Bessey's because of the holiday words themselves and it is listed as 2.3 on the Accelerated Reading scale. Or in other words, this book is suitable for a child reading at the [...]level. Harder words include: community, celebrate, hillside, shepherds, wonderful, and working. 123 different words. ~review by Pam T.~

Cookie Fun! - a review of "Messy Bessey's Holidays"

Maybe it's the cookie aspect, but my son (just turned 5) really likes this Rookie Reader book. The story, as you can gather from the title, is about Messy Bessey and the Holidays. It involves making cookies for her friends and neighbors and this time the mess she makes is in the kitchen. The book touches briefly on the holidays of Chanukah, Christmas, and Kwanzaa. To that end, Bessey and her mom make cookies in different shapes which they then share out. An example of text follows. Menorahs, candles, fruits, and bells are signs of the holidays. All over, people celebrated in many different ways. Christmas, Kwanzaa, and Chanukah, no matter what the reason, here's a gift from Bess to you to celebrate the season. The book then ends with a recipe for sugar cookies. [My son likes the book so much he makes me read the recipe. Go figure--lol] Four Stars. Can't beat a Primer that promotes cleaning up after oneself. This Messy Bessey is about the winter time holidays. The vocabulary is rather harder in this book than other Bessey's because of the holiday words themselves and it is listed as 2.3 on the Accelerated Reading scale. Or in other words, this book is suitable for a child reading at the second grade level. Harder words include: community, celebrate, hillside, shepherds, wonderful, and working. 123 different words. ~review by Pam T.~

Messy Bessey's Holidays

Short stories with good color illustrations. Pictures are fair - easy to read, with good informantion in the 5 to 8 year old age group. Short 1 character settings around Christmas, Kwanzaa, Chanukah, and New Years. I would recommend this one to K through the 2nd grade levels