Bibliograph

'Twas the night before Christmas, or account of a visit from St. Nicholas, Clement C. Moore ; illustrated by Matt Tavares

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'Twas the night before Christmas, or account of a visit from St. Nicholas, Clement C. Moore ; illustrated by Matt Tavares

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

poetry

Main title

'Twas the night before Christmas

Oclc number

1294284486

Responsibility statement

Clement C. Moore ; illustrated by Matt Tavares

Sub title

or account of a visit from St. Nicholas

Summary

"Once upon a time, children imagined St. Nicholas as a stern, skinny bishop who was as likely to dole out discipline as Christmas presents. But thanks to the poem "Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas"--written by Clement C. Moore in 1822 and published the next year in the Troy Sentinel--a plumper, merrier St. Nick was born, transformed into the sleigh-riding, chimney-diving jolly old elf we now call Santa Claus. With gorgeous monochrome illustrations by Matt Tavares that are meticulously true to pre-Victorian times, this reissue of the holiday favorite 'Twas the Night Before Christmas Or Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas honors the poem's original language in a definitive keepsake volume." --amazon.com

Target audience

juvenile

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Account of a visit from St. Nicholas

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