The children of the village are all tucked safely in bed. But instead of dreaming of sugar plums, these little ones dream of the Christmas cookies their mothers will bake.

Cookie reindeer, cookie stars,
cookie Santas, cookie cars.
Cookies round, cookies, square,
Christmas cookies everywhere.

But the "Snitcher" steals all the cookie sprinkles and everyone is looking for them to decorate Christmas cookies.

A little boy (Nat) follows a sprinkle trail to find the sprinkles and teach the snitcher how to share.

Nat dried both his eyes
and bundled up tight.
"I'll bring back the sprinkles"
he vowed, "before night."

Nat confronts the Christmas Cookie Sprinkle Snitcher and saves the village Christmas celebration.

"I didn't mean to spoil
no one's Christmas fun.
I'm ashamed," sobbed the Snitcher,
"ashamed what I done."

And in the end, the Snitcher learns the most important lesson of all ... that Christmas isn't about what you get, but what you GIVE!

"I know now that Christmas
is not being greedy.
Christmas is spreading
sprinks to the needy!"

A childhood classic, and a "MUST HAVE" Christmas read!

   

Unfortunately, this children's book now brings staggering prices on the secondary market ... $250-$500 (I'm serious!). If you'd like to see this book re-published (thereby lowering this secondary market rip-off and making an old childhood favorite accessible to ALL), join me in writing to the 1969 original publisher of the book, Simon & Schuster, at the following address:

Mr. Rick Richter, President
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Co.
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020

About the Author:

Virgil Franklin Partch (October 17, 1916 - August 10, 1984), known by his pen name "VIP," was one of the most prominent American cartoonists of the postwar era.

Partch began his career working for Disney studios for four years, then selling cartoons to large-circulation magazines, including Collier's. He also had a successful syndicated comic strip, "Big George," and illustrated a number of children's books, including The Christmas Cookie Sprinkle Snitcher!

He retired from cartooning in January 1984 due to cataracts and donated his collection of 3,700 original cartoons to the University of California, Irvine library.

He and his wife died in an auto accident on August 10, 1984 on Interstate 5 near Valencia, California. At the time of his death was a resident of Laguna Beach, California.

   

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