Cocoa's Cranky Christmas

My son, 4, and I read this one last night and he loved it. Any book with an interactive method within the story really keeps him intrigued. Cocoa was such a fun character, especially being so cranky. The art style was so cute and the red pages with white type was a fun addition. This is definitely one we will purchase and read for Christmas's to come!

We loved this book!  The kids enjoyed doing the activity on each page and choosing things for the dog to pick.   Thanks for the book.  We will recommend to friends for sure.

A fun and interactive children's book that is wonderful for Christmas. My only dislike is that it says holidays instead of Christmas.

I voluntarily received and reviewed a complimentary e/copy of this book which I received from the author/publisher. All views expressed are only my honest opinion.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an e-arc of this book. My opinions are my own

Cocoa's Cranky Christmas is a wonderful short Christmas adventure for the entire family that will have everyone up on their feet, dancing around and making some Christmas cheer!

Though Cocoa's Cranky Christmas is a very short read (even by bedtime story standards) it is a fun and engaging story about spreading Christmas cheer and should not be passed up. The pictures about Cocoa's adventure in pursuit of Christmas joy are fun and colorful and the story's interactivity is unique! Sure to be a Christmas favorite for little ones!

A truly darling low-fi interactive Christmas book for young ones. 

The charmingly rendered, grumpy protagonist, a pug-like dog named Cocoa, will delight young and old alike with his curmudgeonly attitude and facial expressions, and kids are sure to love the participatory element of the story that lets the reader help Cocoa get in the Christmas spirit. 

The art is lovely and should appeal to youngsters and adult readers alike. Cocoa is a festive and terrific holiday read.

A fun interactive book perfect for the holidays!!! Try and cheer up a cranky dog with this fun book! This would make a great read for kids! Interactive and holiday themed, perfect for any elf this christmas!

This would be an excellent book for adults to read with their little ones.  The actions will be fun for the kids and they will look forward to Cocoa's reactions.  A perfect book to fill a stocking!

Thank you to NetGalley and Thomas Nelson for the DRC.

Cocoa’s Cranky Christmas by Thomas Nelson is an adorable and fun read aloud for the upcoming holiday season. Your child will love how interactive this book is while trying to cheer up Cocoa. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #netgalley #bowkerbooks #CocoasCrankyChristmas #picturebooks #picturebooks #childrensbooks #christmasbooks

This book was received as an ARC from Thomas Nelson: CHILDREN'S in exchange for an honest review. Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own.

This book was adorable to the max. Our children love those interactive board books and the illustrations are so eye-catchy and brilliantly done that they will definitely gravitate towards this book. Everyone will absolutely fall in love with Cocoa and relate to him well especially if they have a dog that is similar to Cocoa with his behavior and views on the Holidays. Even though this book is about a grumpy dog, this book will bring some holiday cheer to any household. I definitely will not only recommend this to our patrons but I just might get this book for my niece and nephew and I know they will love it.

We will consider adding this title to our Holiday Picture Book collection at our library. That is why we give this book 5 stars.

I am going to gush about this one because this has everything I would want out of a kids book! Cocoa's Cranky Christmas is an interactive read which really holds children's attention very well and makes them work on their listening skills. The pictures in this book are so fun and vibrant and are so fitting to the story line! This book is sure to get you and your kids in the holiday spirit. Run, Don't walk for this one!

This was a short and cute Christmas story. The interactive elements were a fun and engaging touch, sure to be a delight for kids. The illustration style and Cocoa were also adorable!

Omg this book was so funny ☺️🎄
The Christmas cheer is for everybody, dogs too...

It’s cute and funny to see how the book actually make you do things and see if it helps 🤗💕

My niece loved it 😍🙌🏻

Definitely an recommendation

Cocoa’s Cranky Christmas

This book was adorable. It got my kids up and moving and also in the fun Christmas Spirit! It’s short, and the illustrations are beautiful, so bright and cute. 

We also have a dog and are big dog people, so it was perfect having a dog be the main character. 

This is a great Christmas book to have fun with your little ones. I’d say it is great for kids ages 2-7. 

Thank you for tagged publishers for sharing this one with my family and me.

This was such a fun read. My daughter is 6 and loves dogs and loves Christmas and she absolutely loved this interactive book. Fun, bright illustrations too.

This is an interactive holiday picture book. It's only a few pages long, and each page asks the child to do an action (that will bring back Cocoa the dog's joy).

The pictures are cute and amazing!!! Cocoa has so much personality. (Plus the graphic designer in me loves the medley of fonts that are used throughout the book... spot-on perfection!)

Cocoa’s Cranky Christmas is quite possibly the sweetest and most interactive children’s book I have seen in awhile. 

My munchkins adored the illustrations and getting involved with the storyline. 

This will be an instant holiday hit!

When December 24 approaches and the shops close. When sellers of Christmas trees sell the last Christmas trees. And they go home. Then comes the real magic of Christmas. Because it is, above all, a family holiday. A real special time for the children! There is no holiday that children look forward to more than Christmas. A time when the whole family is together and enjoys various activities. One of the most wonderful activities we can do with our little ones is reading, experiencing the magic in picture books and Cocoa's Cranky Christmas is an absolutely perfect choice for any family.
Not only does it capture that festive spirit and magic in an interesting way, but it also offers a range of interesting and interactive activities that your little one and the whole family will enjoy. The story of Cocoa is so uplifting and relatable, that in a very simple and so interesting and fun way it will keep the attention of your little one until the very end. This short Christmas storybook is filled with fun activities for the entire family. The illustrations are so appealing but the best Cocoa’s Cranky Christmas is how the book encourages readers to move about and act like they are in the story and will have everyone up on their feet, dancing around, barking jingle bells and making some unforgettable Christmas memories.
Our sweet grumpy protagonist, a pug-like dog named Cocoa is a great choice that shows that sometimes we feel under the weather and grumpy no matter how we are surrounded by all that festive atmosphere and magic. That a little attention, some fun  game or activity is enough to make others around us happy. And I really liked that the main character is a pet who is presented as a member of the family. At this time when the abuse of pets, the treatment of pets as toys is really a big problem, we need such books that greatly contribute to raising awareness among children and developing empathy for animals.
Simple language structures, interesting activities and challenges and absolutely sweet illustrations are enough to make you take this story book and read it with your little one. And once you read it, believe me, this book will get a permanent place on your family bookshelf.

I thought that this was a fun interactive book

The illustrations are great and it was a fun story for me to read with my three year old.

She really enjoyed being able to get involved and thought that Cocoa was funny too.

I do enjoy books like this where she can use her imagination – 5 stars from me for this one!

What an interactive book for children especially at Christmas time when they are hyped up! The colors are bright and the activities are easy for the kids and parents to do together! I enjoyed reading this book by myself and then again with my friends five year old daughter. She laughed and giggled at the antics of the book upside down and walking across the room!

The author Thomas Nelson has done a superb job in keeping this simple, but entertaining!
I definitely would recommend this book to anyone looking for a great read not only for Christmas time, but you could read this book all year long because children are not going to care that its geared towards Christmas.

I received an advanced copy from NetGalley and these are my willingly given thoughts and opinions.

Thanks so much to NetGalley and Thomas Nelson for my copy of Cocoa's Cranky Christmas by Thomas Nelson. It published October 20, 2020.
When I requested this, I didn't realize it was a book targeted toward much younger children than the ones I read this to, (8&6), but even so, they still enjoyed this book. This book is interactive and makes for a fun and unique reading experience. It is extremely cute and would make a wonderful gift!

This is such a cute Christmasy read for kids! They'll love getting involved trying to cheer Cocoa up!
Many thanks to Thomas Nelson and NetGalley for the advance copy!

Cocoa’s Cranky Christmas was incredibly cute. The story was uplifting and relatable. Sometimes people feel cranky even though they are surrounded by Christmas and holiday joy. The illustrations were amazing but the great thing about Cocoa’s Cranky Christmas was how the book encourages the reader to move about and act like they are in the story and truly trying to cheer Cocoa up! My mother is a preschool teacher and I will absolutely be sharing this book with her.

Cocoa is cranky - can you help him get into the Christmas spirit?  I LOVE this book! As children read the book, they are asked to do tasks such as "can you bark Jingle Bells?", so this become an interactive book, too. And the illustrations are adorable!! Not only I'm I going to buy this for our library, but also for my own collection.

I received a free ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. 

OMG, this book is the cutest!! I loved how bright and colorful it is. The interactive aspect is fun. Kids just love stories like that. Go out and get this!

This book is so fun!! We loved it! Cocoa is a cranky puppy so each page there’s something to do to try to make him not so cranky! We will definitely be reading this repeatedly and giving it as gifts!

Thank you to NetGalley and Thomas Nelson Children’s for kindly providing me with a digital copy of this book for review.
I read this to my 2 children and they chortled throughout. They adored grumpy Cocoa and asked me to read it through 3 times straight. If that isn’t an endorsement then I don’t know what is! Thumbs up from us. Would make a lovely Christmas gift I think.

An interactive book for children as they try and cheer up Cocoa! It will get your kids moving and giggling as they bark out Jingle Bells and do several other fun activities.

Fun and interactive book! Kids will definitely love this book and cheering up cocoa. Will make a great gift for kids.

Cocoa is cranky & what can the reader do to help?  A lot!  This interactive book is charming and engaging! Kids are encouraged to do different activities to get Cocoa to stop being cranky.  The kids loved reading this one and I highly recommend it.

"I received a complimentary copy of this book through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own." 
The illustrations in this book were cute, and I loved the varying perspectives. The artist really used the full page, and it was an excellent combination of illustration and text. It was a humorous story about a cranky dog set at Christmas time.