Cajun Night Before Christmas® (The Night Before Christmas Series) - Hardcover

Trosclair

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0882899473 ISBN 13: 9780882899473

Publisher: Pelican Publishing, 1993

Synopsis

The Cajun Night Before Christmas® has been a part of Louisiana’s holiday traditions since it was first published. Now, more than forty-five years later, a new generation is discovering the charm of Gaston® the Green-Nosed Alligator. First conceived by J.B. Kling, Jr. writing as ‘Trosclair’, the CLIO award-winning sales jingle for the Bergeron Plymouth Company in New Orleans was based on the Clement Moore poem. The exclusive rights were purchased by Pelican Publishing Company and the illustrations of then fledgling artist James Rice brought the story to life. Beloved master storyteller Coleen Salley narrated the read-along CD. Radio personality and voice talent Tommy Joe Breaux became the voice behind the recordings at City Park and on the audio version of the adventures of Gaston®. The book also created what has become the largest segment at Pelican Publishing—the children’s book division.

With the passing of publisher Dr. Milburn Calhoun and his wife Nancy Calhoun, illustrator James Rice, and the loss of Colleen Salley, the people behind the creation of the story are mostly gone. What remains is a long legacy of delight. Each year at the Celebration in the Oaks light show featuring the classic cabin from the story, dedicated staff from Pelican Publishing collect memories of attendees as they flow through the premiere preview parties. From now grown children who remember it as the first Louisiana tale they ever heard to young parents who laugh about a non-Louisiana spouse reading it to their children in full-blown Cajun accent, the book is universally loved and remembered. Teachers talk about how they use it in the classroom, business people mention they send it to out of state clients, and children laugh as they try to mimic the dialect that has all but disappeared from everyday life. The classic tale has been interpreted in gingerbread houses in competitions as far away as California and in cakes at the Edible Book competition at NOMA in New Orleans. For years, the miniature book ornaments have appeared on Christmas trees across the country as a reminder of a faraway Louisiana home. Even the New York Times praised the lilt, the humor, and the rough-hewn drawings of the Cajun tale. At Pelican Publishing, a huge portrait of Gaston® and his bearded friend hangs in the boardroom watching over each new author and illustrator that joins the family. Slipcase edition.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Other books in the "Night before Christmas Series":

"Cajun Night before Christmas" "Teachers' Night before Christmas" "Racecar Driver's Night before Christmas" "Alaskan Night before Christmas" "Hawaiian Night before Christmas" "Librarian's Night before Christmas" "Redneck Night before Christmas" "Rocky Mountain Night before Christmas" "Sugar Lump's Night before Christmas" "Nurse's Night before Christmas" "Principal's Night before Christmas" "Preacher's Night before Christmas" "Firefighter's Night before Christmas" "Pennsylvania Dutch Night before Christmas" "Texas Night before Christmas" "Country Music Night before Christmas" "The Night before Christmas" "Ozark Night before Christmas" "Sailor's Night before Christmas" "Hillbilly Night afore Christmas" "Trucker's Night before Christmas" "Night before Christmas, In Texas That Is" "Irish Night before Christmas" "Cowboy Night before Christmas" "Gullah Night before Christmas" "Cajun Night after Christmas" "Santa's Revenge"

From the Inside Flap:

BOOKS BY JAMES RICE
Gaston� Goes to Texas
Gaston� Goes to Nashville
Texas Night Before Christmas
Texas Alphabet
Texas Night Before Christmas Coloring Book
Texas Jack at the Alamo
Cowboy Alphabet
Cowboy Night Before Christmas
Cajun Alphabet
Cowboy Rodeo
La Nochebuena South of the Border
Gaston� Goes to the Kentucky Derby
Cowboy Night Before Christmas Coloring Book
Christmas at the J-O
Trail Drive
Vaqueros
Gaston� the Green-Nosed Alligator
Gaston� Goes to Mardi Gras
Victor Lopez at the Alamo
Gaston� Drills an Offshore Oil Well
Too Tall Thomas Rides the Grub Line
Santa's Revenge
Lyn and the Fuzzy
Gaston� Lays an Offshore Pipeline

ILLUSTRATED BY JAMES RICE
The Little Colonel
Cajun Night Before Christmas� Coloring Book
Jefferson Davis Coloring Book
Hillbilly Night Afore Christmas
A Medal for Murphy
No Regard Beauregard and the Golden Rule
Flags of Texas
The Night Before Christmas
A Christmas Carol
A Southern Time Christmas
Cajun Columbus
Southern Love for Christmas
Santa's Christmas Surprise
Why Cowboys Sleep with Their Boots On
An Irish Night Before Christmas
Why Cowboys Need a Brand
A Leprechaun's St. Patrick's Day
Redneck Night Before Christmas
Gullah Night Before Christmas
Why Cowboys Need a Pardner
An Irish Hallowe'en
Sailor's Night Before Christmas
Trucker's Night Before Christmas
Why Cowgirls Are Such Sweet Talkers
Pennsylvania Dutch Night Before Christmas
Cajun Night After Christmas
The Teachers' Night Before Christmas
Firefighter's Night Before Christmas
Pennsylvania Dutch Night Before Christmas Coloring Book
Country Music Night Before Christmas
Nurse's Night Before Christmas
Ozark Night Before Christmas
The Principal's Night Before Christmas
An Irish Night Before Christmas Coloring Book

GIFT ITEMS BY JAMES RICE
Cajun Night Before Christmas� Ornament
Gaston� Santa Claus Plush Toy
Gaston� Mardi Gras Plush Toy
Gaston� Goes to Mardi Gras Ornament

Audiobooks are available for some titles.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pelican Publishing
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0882899473
• ISBN 13: 9780882899473
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 48
• Editor: Howard Jacobs
• Illustrator: James Rice