'Twas the Night Before Christmas (Nursery Rhyme Story Time) - Softcover

Moore, Clement C.; Wallace, D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1535445378 ISBN 13: 9781535445375

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

Sixteen color illustrations enlarged, redefined and enhanced. Glossary of the Reindeer’s names and their meanings in back of the book. The beloved poem for all ages this verse was originally printed two days before Christmas in 1823, at the Troy Sentinel a newspaper from New York. Reprinted many times over the years, including different spellings for the reindeer. Moore first reads it to his family (wife, four girls and two boys.) Also, referred to as “A Visit From St. Nicholas”, “The Night Before Christmas” and “Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas.” This renown poem changed how we all perceive in our minds and hearts, St. Nicholas.

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Review:

Whose tiny faces are peeking out from Santa's golden sleigh? Yikes! It's two of Santa's elves who are Christmas Eve stowaways. Beloved illustrator Jan Brett's version of The Night Before Christmas lets these two mischievous elves add their rambunctious spirit to this familiar 1823 rhyming story. Here, Santa and his reindeer land on the snowy roof of a Victorian mansion in New England. While Santa delivers the toys inside, the elves and the reindeer frolic around the lawn, as a pig (earmarked for a girl named Jan) and a few alphabet blocks spill out of sacks into the snow. Santa swiftly reins in the mischief-makers and "away they all flew like the down on a thistle." Brett's richly illustrated borders are lavishly decorated with antique toys, ornaments, and sweet treats, all surrounded with twisting golden ribbons. They also give us a window on the mansion's inhabitants, including the children watching Santa's departure in awe. A sugarplum of a Christmas story, just right for a reading before "a long winter's nap." (Click to see a sample spread. Illustrations ©1998 by Jan Brett. Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, a division of Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers.) (Ages 3 to 6) --Marcie Bovetz

Book Description:

Hardcover edition:
$16.00
ISBN  978-0-395-06952-3
Paperback edition:
$5.95
ISBN  978-0-395-64374-7

Paper over board edition:
$14.00
ISBN  978-0-618-61682-4

Paperback edition:
$6.99
ISBN  978-0-618-61510-0

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1535445378
• ISBN 13: 9781535445375
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 42
• Illustrator: Smith Jessie Wilcox