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Loading... The Night Before Christmasby Clement Clarke Moore
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. 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." no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0060081600, Hardcover)Readers young and old are invited into the enchanting world of Mary Engelbreit in this sparkling edition of Clement C. Moore's classic poem. It is the night before Christmas, in a house so cozy and colorful, so filled with expectation, so dusted with Christmas magic that only this beloved illustrator could have created it. Shhh. A mouse is asleep in its snug den and children are dreaming as sugarplum fairies flutter around their bed. Then there's the jingle of bells. . . . For this merry celebration of Christmas, Mary Engelbreit has filled every page with bewitching details, rich color, and memorable characters. These include a bevy of mischievous elves, an adorable mouse, and a lovable, bespectacled Santa. The images in Mary's joyous vision will bring discovery and delight to generations of readers. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:09 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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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.