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The Night Before Christmas (edition 1998)

by Clement Clarke Moore, Jan Brett (Illustrator)

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Title:The Night Before Christmas
Authors:Clement Clarke Moore
Other authors:Jan Brett (Illustrator)
Info:Putnam Juvenile (1998), Edition: Second Edition, Hardcover, 32 pages
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The Night Before Christmas by Jan Brett

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A story I've read hundreds of times before but always good to read at Christmas time. ( )
  Shirezu | Mar 31, 2013 |
I love Jan Brett's art. ( )
  libraryclerk | Nov 28, 2011 |
I think that using books that go with the holidays throughout the school year are very important. Sometimes we get so wrapped up in the curriculum that we forget to give the children some fun time. After reading this book, I would let the students write Santa a letter. I would use this book the week before Christmas. Children love books like these. The illustrations and wording are great! I would use this book to explain to children why it is important to be on their best behavior. ( )
  kelseypeterson | Nov 17, 2011 |
This book is for all ages. It is a timeless tale about Christmas eve and the events that occur that night. It is great for students to think about what they do on Christmas and share holiday events and traditions that they have in their families.
  shannonbaker | Oct 16, 2011 |
Use this book with many grades to encourage phonemic awareness skills, build vocabulary, create recognition of tempo within literature, and the ability of poetry to tell a story. Younger students may write a personal "Night Before Christmas" tale, detailing their own family's traditions. Older students may prefer to emulate the style and format of this classic poem, and create a work based on a character of their choosing.

This book is about a man's encounter with Saint Nicholas on Christmas Eve.
Addresses the issue of faith/belief.

Use this book in the classroom to build phonemic awareness skills and vocabulary, create recognition of tempo in writing, show that poetry can tell a story.
  victoria-hill | Oct 10, 2011 |
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For Gregory, Sophie and Lee Tsairis
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'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
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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

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Presents the well-known poem about an important Christmas visitor.

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