The Night Before Christmas

Ruth Sanderson,Moore, Clement Clarke

ISBN 10: 0316579637 / ISBN 13: 9780316579636

Published by Little, Brown Young Readers, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Night Before Christmas
• Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0316579637
• ISBN 13: 9780316579636
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Clement Clarke Moore's classic Christmas story is illustrated in traditional oil paintings by renowned artist Ruth Sanderson. A small town New England setting serves as the backdrop for St. Nick's visit on the night everyone dreams of sugar plums and Christmas joy. Full color.

Reviews

PreS Up. A very pretty but essentially traditional rendering of the familiar holiday poem. Warm colors dominate the palette with golden browns that glow in the interior scenes and cool blues for the snow and night sky. Although the scenes are beautiful, the people are stiff, with hard faces and uncomfortable positions; even the sleeping children don't look restful. There are so many other versions of the poem available with their own marks of graphic originality, such as Ted Rand's illustrated version (North-South, 1995) or The Grandma Moses Night Before Christmas (Random, 1991), that they make this an unnecessary purchase.
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