The Night Before Christmas is a book about a father who see Santa Clause on Christmas Eve. This is a poetry book that is gives great description on whats taking place.

This is one of my favorite books. I love how the author gives such great description on whats taking place and how Santa Clause looks.

You could use this book around Christmas. You could read this book and then have your students wright a few paragraphs on what they do on Christmas Eve.

This book is a wonderful classic Christmas story. The children go to sleep anxiously awaiting the arrival of morning time dreaming sweet dreams. The parents on the other hand are just settling down for the night when something draws them from bed. Upon discovery of the mysterious noise the main character spies on Santa Claus and describes everything he sees. After Santa Claus has finished his Christmas duties he proceeds to the chimney and is back in his sleigh before you know it.

I have always loved this book. I usually can not make it a full year to the next Christmas to read this book. The illustrations draw you in and spark your imagination. The beautiful poetry is like lyrics that paint and even broader picture of the nights events. While reading this book you can almost feel the warmth of the fire and the brisk biting winds of a snowy eve.

This would be a great book to introduce the traditional, early American Christmas. It would be great to have a multicultural December holiday celebration. We could read books of many cultures and see how they celebrate “Christmas”. While celebrating a new culture each day we could do different games and activities to show how the children in that culture experience their special “Christmas” holiday.

Nice warm illustrations from a world-renowned artist. ( )

A favorite version illustrated by Grandma Moses. ( )

A novelty book by a publisher offering "tunnel books." ( )