The Night Before Christmas

Beloved illustrator Holly Hobbie offers a timeless take on the best-known Christmas poem of all time.

In the twilight hours of Christmas Eve, a hushed world enveloped in moonlit snow waits for the soft tinkling of sleigh bells to announce the most magical night of the year. Then comes a thump on the rooftop, a scratching in the chimney, and suddenly--Santa Claus appears

In her fresh imagining of Clement C. Moore's enduring poem, acclaimed master watercolorist Holly Hobbie captures the magic of this timeless tale. Her vision of the night before Christmas glows with warmth and feeling, and features the delightful addition of a child's-eye view, which magnifies the wonder of this exciting, mysterious time.

Author: Holly Hobbie, Clement Clarke Moore
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 10/22/2013
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.20h x 11.40w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780316070188
Audience: Baby-Preschool

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.3
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 45419 / Night Before Christmas/'Twas the Night Before Christmas


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2013 pg. 135
Publishers Weekly 09/16/2013
School Library Journal 10/01/2013 pg. 72
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2013 pg. 67
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2014 - Recommended, Satisfactory

About the Author
Holly Hobbie has worked as an artist for more than thirty years and is the author of eleven highly acclaimed Toot & Puddle picture books as well as Gem, Fanny, Fanny and Annabelle, and Everything but the Horse. She has also written an illustrated memoir, The Art of Holly Hobbie.