The Night After Christmas
by James Stevenson
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Tossed in garbage cans after they are replaced by new toys at Christmas, a teddy bear and a doll are befriended by a stray dog.Tags
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On the morning after Christmas,Teddy the Bear and Annie the doll, having been dumped by their kids who received all the newest toys, are rescued from their garbage cans by Chauncey the dog.
Stevenson's witty story of their attempts to get used to being rejected has a happy ending, of course, but is a subtle lesson on the importance to all of us of being loved, and having someone to love.
Style: Stevenson's illustrations, not-quite-realistic watercolors, are perfectly suited to the story.
NOTE: Okay, I'm a Stevenson fan, and can't believe we missed this one when our kids were small, because they loved "The Sea-view Hotel" and "The Worst Person in the World." My favorite is "Could Be Worse!," especially since becoming a grandparent show more myself. show less
On the morning after Christmas,Teddy the Bear and Annie the doll, having been dumped by their kids who received all the newest toys, are rescued from their garbage cans by Chauncey the dog.
Stevenson's witty story of their attempts to get used to being rejected has a happy ending, of course, but is a subtle lesson on the importance to all of us of being loved, and having someone to love.
Style: Stevenson's illustrations, not-quite-realistic watercolors, are perfectly suited to the story.
NOTE: Okay, I'm a Stevenson fan, and can't believe we missed this one when our kids were small, because they loved "The Sea-view Hotel" and "The Worst Person in the World." My favorite is "Could Be Worse!," especially since becoming a grandparent show more myself. show less
A cute, heartwarming story about lost toys. Two toys, a teddy bear and doll, get tossed out when their owners get new Christmas toys. With the help of Chauncey the dog, they may just find happiness the night after Christmas. =)
Rounded up because I would have loved this when I was a child. Great alternative to traditional stories for the holiday.
I hadn't realized that I'd enjoyed several by Stevenson already; I'll have to look for more.
I hadn't realized that I'd enjoyed several by Stevenson already; I'll have to look for more.
Genre: Fiction
Media: water color
Review: This is a great fiction book. You believe in these toys and dog and you feel sad for them and want them to find a new home. It makes you wish that you never got rid of your own toys.
Media: water color
Review: This is a great fiction book. You believe in these toys and dog and you feel sad for them and want them to find a new home. It makes you wish that you never got rid of your own toys.
I thought this book is a little sad, but it had a happy ending.
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James Stevenson was born in Manhattan, New York on July 11, 1929. He graduated from Yale University. He was a reporter from Life magazine before being hired by The New Yorker in 1956. He drew 1,988 cartoons, 79 covers, and wrote and illustrated articles including Talk of the Town pieces for the magazine. He also drew editorial cartoons for The New show more York Times and in 2004 began an occasional series for the Op-Ed page entitled Lost and Found New York, which looked back on people and places of the past. He wrote and/or illustrated more than 100 children's books including Don't You Know There's a War On, The Worst Person in the World, Higher on the Door, The Mud Flat Olympics, Yard Sale, The Mud Flat Mystery, What's Under My Bed, That Terrible Halloween Night, and Worse Than Willy. In 1987, he won the Caldecott Honor for When I Was Nine. He also wrote novels and an illustrated biography of Frank Modell, a fellow New Yorker cartoonist. He died of pneumonia on February 17, 2017 at the age of 87. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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