{"product_id":"2940014380096","title":"Margaret's Christmas Cookies","description":"Margaret's Christmas Cookies is a holiday chapter book for middle-grade readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn spite of young Margaret's busy responsibilities as caregiver for her twin brothers, she plans to surprise her mother by creating the holiday dinner dessert. Five special cookies will be baked while Mother is working on the day before Christmas; one for each of them and one for Santa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut something unexpected happens that same afternoon when she takes her brothers to the grocery store across the street from their apartment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt has grown very cold cold and rainy as they leave the store to return home.  Suddenly, the children discover an elderly lady who has fallen down on the wet sidewalk.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe store has closed, and the parking lot is nearly empty. With few options, Margaret invites the woman come home with them so that she can warm up and use their telephone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMargaret makes cocoa and serves Mrs. King one of the five cookies, knowing as she does so that there will no longer be enough left for her intended surprise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHowever, Christmas is not spoiled--quite the contrary--they all learn something important about the value of caring and love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis story has gentle, likeable characters with realistic problems. Its lesson about gifts is subtly tied to the “real” story of Christmas and its best Gift of all time.","brand":"Lynda Sebring","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147727880432,"sku":"2940014380096","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014380096_p0.jpg?v=1763607267","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014380096","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}