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The Night Before Christmas

Clement Moore author Roger Duvoisin illustrator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Scallywag Press

Published:5th Sep '19

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The Night Before Christmas cover

The tall thin format is perfect to tuck into a Christmas stocking. Cloth binding make this the perfect Christmas gift.

This classic poem by Clement C. Moore is read on Christmas Eve by families the world over. Re-discover Roger Duvoisin's eye-catching interpretation from 1954, with a tall, narrow format just right for tucking into a Christmas stocking.As expectation mounts on Christmas Eve, a boy hears sleigh bells ringing and looks out of the window in time to see Santa arrive. Santa comes down the chimney (this is a fun picture as the book is tall and thin) and delivers the presents while pretending he does not notice the boy watching. Off he rides with all his favourite reindeer, and it's time for Christmas to begin! Told in verse that's perfect to recite aloud with all the family gathered around, this poem has stood the test of time since it was first written almost 200 years ago.

`Sure to charm generations of new readers' Publishers Weekly

  • Winner of Caldecott Medal 1947
  • Winner of German Children's Book Prize 1956
  • Runner-up for Caldecott Medal 1966

ISBN: 9781912650194

Dimensions: 333mm x 154mm x 9mm

Weight: 365g

40 pages