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'Twas the Night Before Christmas

A classic wintery poem given new life by an award-winning artist

Clement C Moore author PJ Lynch illustrator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Walker Books Ltd

Published:4th Nov '21

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'Twas the Night Before Christmas cover

The classic Christmas verse in a gorgeous gift book from the highly acclaimed author and illustrator P.J. Lynch.

“‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse…”

P.J. Lynch brings his rich and atmospheric art to the well-loved Christmas verse. From the stockings hung by the chimney to the bundle of toys flung over St Nicholas’s back, children will love to pore over the detailed images inside. A book to return to again and again.

Stunningly atmospheric art also abounds in PJ Lynch’s illustration of the classic Christmas verse ’Twas the Night Before Christmas’. A book to treasure forever. * The Irish Independent *
For Christmas Eve, Clement C Moore’s 1823 poem “’Twas The Night Before Christmas” is a must-read, and the great illustrator PJ Lynch has given us a version suffused with winter magic, all warmth and shivery loveliness, for ages 3 to 93. * New Statesman *

beautiful reinterpretation […] Lynch, Ireland’s fourth Laureate na nÓg for children’s literature has used a dark Victorian palette lit up like a Vermeer by the glow of snow and candle flame. The pair go together like turkey and cranberry sauce. To be read on Christmas Eve with lashings of nostalgia.

* The Times *

a stunning new version of the Christmas classic by an award-winning Irish illustrator

* The Irish Independent *

a long time seasonal favourite

* The Irish Catholic *

ISBN: 9781406395884

Dimensions: 232mm x 290mm x 11mm

Weight: 485g

32 pages