This unique coloring book version of the Yuletide classic offers 30 appealing illustrations with a twist: the narrator is a cat, and St. Nick is a roly-poly bear. Each well-known line of the original poem appears here, along with endearing, ready-to-color pictures. 30 full-page black-and-white illus. Complete poem text.
Key words and phrases Clement Clarke Moore, Night Before Christmas, Mineola, coursers, reindeer, Dover Publications, Anna Pomaska, chimney, sleigh, 31 East 2nd, East 2nd Street, mouse, BOOK BELONGS, Nicholas, twinkled, whistle, toys, snow, dash, window | User ratings| 5 stars | | | 4 stars | | | 3 stars | | | 2 stars | | | 1 star | |
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Stocking book format, a new setting, new type face, redesigned jacket, for the beloved Rackham illustrations for the immortal poem. Here's a Must for the children who this year will hear The Night Before Christmas for the first time. The full pages in color, the line drawings with the irresistible Rackham doubletake (hunt for the pictures within the pictures) are exquisitely reproduced. Related books | by Clement Clarke Moore, Cooper Edens, Harold Darling
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Clement Clarke Moore (1779 - 1863) wrote Twas the night before Christmas also called A Visit from St. Nicholas in 1822.
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pinkmonkey.com/ dl/ library1/ digi458.pdf LessReferences to this bookFrom Google ScholarConnie Green, Sharen Halsall - 1991 - Early Child Development and Care Rick Erickson, Wayne Otto, Alice Randlett, Bernie Hayes, Tom Cloer, David Gustafson, Ken Smith Popular passagesTwas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse ; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there... Page 1 Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below. When, what to my wondering eyes should appear But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer, With a little old driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St. Page 8 His eyes — how they twinkled! — his dimples how merry! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry! His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow... Page 21 Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below, When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer, With a little old driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick. Page 9 As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky, So up to the house-top the coursers they flew, With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too. And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of each little hoof. As I drew in my head, and was turning around, Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound. Page 15 ... spite of myself. A wink of his eye and a twist of his head Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread. He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk, And laying his finger aside of his nose, And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose, He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, And away they all flew like the down of a thistle; But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight, "Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night! Page 26 Nick; More rapid than eagles his coursers they came And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name. "Now, Dasher, now Dancer! now Prancer and Vixen On Comet! on Cupid! on Donder and Blitzen! To the top of the porch, to the top of the wall ; Now dash away, dash away, dash away all! Page 14 His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow; The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath; He had a broad face And a little round belly, That shook when he laughed, Like a bowlful of jelly. Page 21 Less |
