The Night Before Christmas - Hardcover

Moore, Clement Clarke

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399231900 ISBN 13: 9780399231902

Publisher: Putnam Juvenile, 1998

Synopsis

The famous Christmas story follows along just as Clement Moore wrote it, accompanied by Jan Brett's glorious illustrations, in a beautiful edition in which antique toys and exquisite ornaments frame the borders.

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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:

Faithful reproduction of the classic book in this affordable facsimile edition.

About this edition

• Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0399231900
• ISBN 13: 9780399231902
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Brett Jan