Cute silly Christmas story for little ones.
This is a simple story which doesn't need a long review.

I received a copy of this eBook from netGalley for a honest review.

What a fun treat! This book goes on the hunt to find who took Santa's cookies before he could get them. I love the ending of this book.

The story was cute and we read it a couple times to our kiddos to see the reaction. I understand less words for younger kids but it was almost not enough words or pictures. The simple illustration that was there on every page were beautiful and bright and colorful. Wish there was more on each page.

Overall the kids still enjoyed reading ‘The Christmas Cookie Crook’ by Laura Gia West. 3.5 ⭐️

** Thank you NetGalley, Victoria Editing, and Laura Gia West for an eARC copy of ‘The Christmas Cookie Crook’.

Thank you NetGalley and Victory Editing NetGalley Co-op for this eCopy to review

The Christmas Cookie Crook is set on Christmas Eve, and Santa is ready to start his long night of delivering presents. However, there's a problem—someone has taken a bite out of Santa's cookies! These cookies are essential for Santa to keep his energy up throughout the night. The mystery unfolds as Santa and his helpers try to find out who the cookie crook is. The search leads them to a tiny thief who was simply hungry because everyone else had eaten but him. Santa, with his big heart, understands and ensures the little one is fed.

I found The Christmas Cookie Crook to be a charming and heart warming tale. The illustrations are vibrant and engaging, making it a perfect read for young children. The story carries a lovely message about understanding and compassion, which is especially fitting for the holiday season.

However, the book is quite short and does not flow very well for reading aloud and is confusing at times

This is a cute story with adorable illustrations. However the prose is awkward and there are some inconsistencies in the story.

This is a cute children's book for Christmas time. The pictures are great! I need to find some kids to read this to.

Thank you to NetGalley for the arc in exchange for my review.

The Christmas Cookie Crook by Laura Gia West is a simple Christmas Eve mystery with beautiful illustrations and a sweet moral to the story at the end that is sure to please kids and parents alike on Christmas Eve.
There are plenty of suspects for the narrator to question, but what can be done when the crook needs the cookies too?
The story is cute, but lacks the flow needed for natural and easy reading aloud. The illustrations carry the book with bright colours and adorable characters.
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The book was cute and the illustrations were well done, but some of it didn’t rhyme like the rest so it threw me off when reading.
There’s also a line where someone says they made a mess, but no mess is seen in the picture, so I wasn’t sure why they said it.
The ending of the book teaches a lesson of helping others on Christmas by giving, which is good.
But pease, someone tell me why the last illustration of the book shows the little mouse holding a glass of champagne?! This is a toddler’s book!

The Christmas Cookie Crook is a beautifully illustrated tale of Santa's stolen cookies with a very welcome new twist - one of kindness, giving and empathy for others. This is the perfect book to give to your favorite toddler around Thanksgiving so they can read it over and over again because I guarantee this will be a holiday favorite.

Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read this free ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I think the author had a good idea behind this book, focusing on Christmas being about giving. However, it was poorly executed.

For the most part, I enjoyed the pictures, but that's about it. The rhythm of the story starts off as if it's going to rhyme, but it doesn't. The sentences don't flow well most of the time, and the story is confusing and doesn't make sense. The cookies have been stolen, but the illustration shows three cookies on a plate with bites taken out of them. Santa needs the cookies, seemingly to stay awake, but then it's okay in the second half if he doesn't have them because his reindeer do the work, so why did he need the cookies in tbe first place? A little boy is asked why he made a mess, and he blames it on the snowman, but what mess is being asked about, we're meant to be looking for missing cookies? It turns out a mouse ate part of each cookie because it was hungry, which lines up with the illustration of the partly eaten cookies at the beginning. How can you get back cookies that have already been eaten? Who is being told to "take some cheese"? Presumably the mouse, based on the illustration. But if the mouse has eaten the cookies, why does it need cheese?

I even asked my partner to read it to get his opinion. He was just as confused, pointing out that the middle is all over the place and doesn't make sense.

If the story is confusing to adults and so many questions are raised, I can only imagine a child will be even more confused and have many more questions. Unfortunately, this is not a book I would choose to read to or with children, nor would I recommend it to others.

I love holiday books. I have high expectations for them though because they are mainly read once a year. This book was just ok for me. The illustrations were cute and engaging. The story was a little disjointed and confusing.

A cute and short story.
The illustrations fell short, very computer generated and generic for my taste. Also not crazy about the cats name, maybe a typo, but Sprinkle sounds better than Spinkle.

This book reminds readers to celebrate the spirit of Christmas.

The art and story felt a bit uninspired, but it's an easy, quick read for the holiday season.