The Christmas Weed - Joseph Kelley - Bog

It was December, 2018 in Toledo, Ohio... this rustbelt City embraces people, places and things that are a bit quirky. So it should come as no surprise to anyone when a lonely roadside Weed became a touchpoint to bringing a renewed sense of the Christmas Spirit through Toledo, Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan. When the passing Emrick family decided to decorate the Weed, they didn't have any clue to what extent the story would become a viral sensation, with reports in The Washington Post, CNN, Fox News and more! The Toledo community came together at Alexis and Secor, the big traffic corner where the Weed sprouted, to collect donations for Toys for Tots, canned goods, coats and more. The Christmas Weed was the most unexpected gift of the Holiday Season... a gift that brought a whole city together.Now, authors Nick Rokicki and Joe Kelley tell the story through their familiar cupcake characters. Bringing back Crusty the Carrot Cupcake and introducing a cast of new Holiday Cupcakes, this fun story is sure to become a Holiday tradition in your home or school classroom. Crusty Cupcake presents The Christmas Weed is the sixth book in the popular cupcake series by authors Rokicki and Kelley... joining Casey and Callie Cupcake, Crusty Cupcake's Happy Birthday, Crusty Cupcake's Christmas Catastrophe, Crusty Cupcake's Cool Cruise and Crusty Cupcake's Cops and Kiddos. Books by Nick and Joe all have a myriad of social and emotional lessons for children of all ages, while also leaving plenty of room for teachers to incorporate the books into classroom learning as they see fit.