T h e C h r i stm a s Q u i et B o o k
Activity Kit
ISBN 978-0-547-55863
-9
By Deborah Underwood
Illustrated by Renata Liwska
The holidays are filled with joyful noise! But some Christmas moments come wrapped in quiet:
Searching for presents quiet
Hoping for a snow day quiet
Cocoa quiet
Deborah Underwood and Renata Liwska, creators of the bestsellers The Quiet Book and The
Loud Book!, celebrate all kinds of Christmas quiets in this magical ode for readers to savor
while snuggling up by the fire or settling in for a long winter’s nap.
The activities in this kit will help calm the bustle of the holidays
and help young ones appreciate the quiet joys of the season.
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A Note to Santa
Dear SaNta,
Love,
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M y Q u i et Christmas
What kind of quiet is your Christmas?
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C h r is tm a s Ornaments
Print this page on cardstock with a color printer. With scissors, carefully cut out the front and back sides
of the ornaments below.
Cut two 4-inch lengths of ribbon to create hangers for your ornaments. After putting your ornaments back
pieces picture-side down, tape a loop of ribbon on each ornament back so that the ribbon extends an inch
or so above the ornament piece. Rub a glue stick around the edge of the plain sides of the ornament backs.
Carefully place the plain side of the ornament fronts over the backs and press to seal.
Hang your ornaments on your Christmas tree, or give them to friends as a holiday gift!
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The Christmas
Quiet Book
By Deborah Underwood
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Christmas Card Fold
Print this page on white paper using a color printer.
Cut on the dotted line below and fold as indicated Fold
to create your card.
Cut here
holiday season.
of the
the quiet joys
Wishing you
The Christmas
Quiet Book
By Deborah Underwood
Illustrated by Renata Liwska
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Christmas Gifts
Give your friends the gift of “cocoa quiet” this holiday season with this fun recipe to make and share!
Cocoa INgredieNts:
2 cups powdered sugar
1 cup baking cocoa
3 cups nonfat powdered milk
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 cup semi-sweet mini chocolate chips
Also Needed:
3 wide-mouth pint-size canning jars with lids
Ribbon, colored construction paper, hole punch, glue stick, scissors
With an adult’s help, combine all of the cocoa ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix thoroughly.
Divide your cocoa mix evenly into the three wide-mouth canning jars. Seal tightly with jar lids.
Print this page on white paper using a color printer. Carefully cut out the gift tags below. Cut a piece of construction
paper that is slightly larger than the tags. Glue the tags to both sides of the construction paper and punch a hole in
the upper left corner of the front side of the tag. Use the ribbon to tie the tag to your jar lid. Create tags for each jar.
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Cocoa Mix
To:
Enjoy a “cocoa quiet”
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moment with a steaming mug
of hot chocolate!
From:
Fill a mug one-third to one-half
The Christmas Quiet Book.
full with cocoa mix. Add very hot
water or milk and stir until mix
is dissolved and chocolate chips
are melted. Add marshmallows or
whipped cream if desired.
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o u t th e A u t hor a n d Illu st r at o r
Ab
Deborah UNderwood grew up in Walla Walla,
Washington. “One of my best Christmas moments,” she says,
“was coming downstairs and seeing the huge teddy bear I'd
desperately wanted sitting under the tree waiting for me.
Since I was interested in astronomy, I named him Ursa Major.
My sister Judith got a smaller version, Ursa Minor. I still say
hello to them when I go visit my dad; they've aged very well!”
Deborah currently lives in the San Francisco Bay area.
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ReNata Liwska was raised in
Deborah (left) and her sister, Judith, with their
brand-new Christmas bears. Warsaw, Poland. “When I was very
little I had a pair of training skates,”
she says. “The kind with double blades that were meant to help you learn to
skate but did the opposite. When I got a pair of real skates for Christmas one
year, it was a wonderful surprise! I finally had skates like the ones the figure
skaters on TV wore. I couldn’t wait to get started, so I put on my new skates
right away. As you can imagine, it didn’t go so well. It takes more than skates
to do all those fancy moves. But that wasn’t the problem—I was trying to
figure skate in the living room!” Renata now lives (and skates) in Canada. Baby Renata with her
Christmas elephant.
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Also by Deborah Underwood and Renata Liwska
The Quiet Book
An ALA Notable Children’s Book
A New York Times bestseller
A Parents magazine Best Book of the Year
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A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
A BookPage Best Children’s Book of the Year
A Huffington Post Best Picture Book of the Year
★ “A delightful and enchanting choice The Loud Book!
for storytime or sharing one-on-one.” A New York Times bestseller
—School L ibrary Journal , starred review A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
Summer 2011 Kids IndieNext list selection
“ The Quiet Book is a delightful Junior Library Guild selection
little blanket of a book!”
—Peter Reynolds, New York Times ★ “Fans of the first book will be delighted to extend their bedtime
best-selling author and illustrator reading time with the second, and they’ll welcome the chance
to pump up the volume.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review
★ “The complete opposite of the delightful The Quiet Book, this deliciously worthy
companion title earns ‘applause loud.’ . . . Act out a few of these moments during
storytime for a joyous romp.”—School L ibrary Journal , starred review
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