Frosty the Snowman/Book and Cookie Cutter

by Steve Nelson, Jack Rollins

Cookie cutters shaped like a snowman and a snowflake and an easy recipe book accompany the song about Frosty the Snowman and his adventures with the neighborhood children.

Genres: Christmas, Childrens, Picture Books, Classics, Holiday, Music, Fiction

Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Steve Nelson has been Head of School at the Calhoun School, on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, since 1998. Calhoun is one of America’s most notable progressive schools and serves 750 students, from pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade. Calhoun is particularly well regarded for its commitment to diversity and social justice.

Since 1997 Steve has been a columnist for the Valley News, the daily newspaper in the mid-VT/NH area on both sides of the Connecticut River. He has been a regular contributor to the Huffington Post since 2010, writing about education and politics. Before assuming his current position, he worked as an administrator at Vermont Law School and Landmark College. He is an avid violinist and also served for six years as President of a performing arts school in the Midwest.

Steve has competed in many marathons, triathlons, bicycle races and XC ski races, with steadily decreasing success. He now primarily races the grim reaper.

He is married to Wendy Nelson, has two children, Jennifer and Christopher, and three perfect grandchildren – Quinn, Maddie and Jack.

Reviews

[Jess the Shelf-Declared Bibliophile · Rating 4 out of 5]

A cute illustrated story of the song of frosty. My niece enjoyed it.

[Mischenko · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one that we bring out every year. It's the original song we all love with beautiful illustrations of Frosty and his friends. Sheet music is included with guitar chords as well.

5*****

[Jennifer Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute book to go with the song!

[Seung Lee · Rating 3 out of 5]

Solid book that basically follows the famous song about Frosty...

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

A simple board book that has the song lyrics to Frosty the Snowman. The illustrations are fun for little ones to look at as you sing your way through this book.

[Andrea · Rating 2 out of 5]

The pics are old fashioned and I didn’t enjoy them. The whole book is just the song Frosty the Snowman, except that it reads like a regular book and not a song. So you sing it in your head because you know the song, but there are no exclamation points or any indication that it’s a song that you’re supposed to sing. It just looks like you read it straight through.

[Madison · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this story. Most of the kids saw the movie and were automatically excited when I said we were reading that today! My students really enjoyed it!

[Della Tingle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Precious! The words are the exact lyrics in the song, so readers may read or SING as they turn the pages!

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This isn't a story, but an illustrated version of the song. It's a classic at Christmas, though, and the illustrations are very good. Our girls received this book from a book exchange at their school, but we just recently got around to reading it. We enjoyed reading it together and we will likely add it to our collection of books that we always read at Christmastime.

December 2015 update: It's a fun, quick read and perfect for reading with our busy 2-year-old neice who is visiting us just before Christmas.

[Eva_Amaré · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mama always says if someone takes a song and turns it into a book, is it really still considered writing a book? We don't care either way, because we love to sing-read. Even though Christmas has come and gone, it was the perfect time to whip this one out, because we were stuck indoors all day due to the polar vortex apocalypse thingamajig happening outside. We didn't make that term up. It's a real thing. We saw it on the news.❄⛄

[Amynicole · Rating 5 out of 5]

my kids enjoyed this Frosty book. the pictures were well illustrated. it was also written with the original lyrics which was a nice way to teach the words and gets sung daily! we actually were reading with pandora soft in the background and the classic version came on at the same time we were reading, which the kids thought was cool.

[Myklyn Reakes · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a fun one to read around the holidays! With many bright and colorful illustrations, kids will love it. The book is written with the classic song we all know and love “Frosty the Snowman”. Children can read the book as it is, or listen to the song and use the pages of the book to sing along. When used in a classroom, there are many connections that can be made.

[Kristen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is one of those books that plays an electronic tune when opened. An instant classic for O, of course. I'm thinking of not putting it away with the Christmas things. Frosty isn't a Christmas song, anyway!

[Dominique Maderitz · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is based off the song but it is about a snowman who comes to life with a magical hat. The snowman pay with the children until the sun melts him away. This book is a fun and festive way to approach weather and what happens to the snow when it melts.

[Melanie Hetrick · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fantastically illustrated version of the traditional song. Book includes a CD in the back of Kenny Loggins singing the song. A great way to share books AND music with your children. The best way to share this is to sing it!

[Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jesse brought this home from the school library. I don't know what prompted him to pick it since Christmas was 2 months ago. He's a funny kid, so I just went with it. This book is exactly like the song I remember singing as a kid. Very cute story and pictures.

[Melissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I did not win this book on Good Reads First Reads. I bought this book to read to my two grandsons, my two great nieces, and great nephew. They will love this story and pressing the button to play the "Frosty the Snowman" song. I enjoyed the story myself.

[Megan · Rating 5 out of 5]

We got this from the library before M's second Christmas, and she loved it. She especially loved the page with the police officer holding up a hand and saying, "Stop!". We had to borrow it again, this year, and she loved it just as much.

[Janet · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the primo edition. When my daughter was a baby we sang our way through this book countless times!

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Perfect for storytime sing-along!

[Nicole Flores · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the classic story of frosty the snow man, which is really fun for children during the holidays.

[Theresa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Frosty the Snowman (Hardcover)
by Steve Nelson
used in a DLC special education class in music has the original verses divided and expanded

[Makkena · Rating 4 out of 5]

A book that students might read towards the holiday season.

[Lorena Carreno · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was so hard trying to actually read the book to my son first and not sing.

[Brittany · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute! Illustrations are beautiful. I think that I am going to try singing this to my preschool storytime kids. Wish me luck, I can't carry a tune in a bucket. Ha!

[Samantha Jackson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a fun Christmas book to read with children. It tells the story of Frosty the snowman. The book also has a fun CD that goes along with the book to teach the children the song.

[Kimberly Souza · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lovely and traditional!!

[Laura · Rating 2 out of 5]

Another kids pick for read-aloud....this was cute to read and see the pictures. Even though it's not Christmas, it made me happy to read about Frosty.

[Emily Prior · Rating 5 out of 5]

5/5 stars for children. 4/5 as an adult.

I love frosty the snowman. It is so much of a classic! And I just found that Frosty was born in 1950, WOW

[Susan Molloy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Easy to play, and it is in a key that makes it easier for most people to sing at the piano during a Christmas gathering.

🎵 Recommended.
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