false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174514052m/411160.jpg 196970 268 Whose tiny faces are peeking out from Santa's golden sleigh? Yikes! It's two of Santa's elves who are Christmas Eve stowaways. Beloved illustrator Jan Brett's version of <I>The Night Before Christmas</I> lets these two mischievous elves add their rambunctious spirit to this familiar 1823 rhyming story. Here, Santa and his reindeer land on the snowy roof of a Victorian mansion in New England. While Santa delivers the toys inside, the elves and the reindeer frolic around the lawn, as a pig (earmarked for a girl named Jan) and a few alphabet blocks spill out of sacks into the snow. Santa swiftly reins in the mischief-makers and "away they all flew like the down on a thistle." Brett's richly illustrated borders are lavishly decorated with antique toys, ornaments, and sweet treats, all surrounded with twisting golden ribbons. They also give us a window on the mansion's inhabitants, including the children watching Santa's departure in awe. A sugarplum of a Christmas story, just right for a reading before "a long winter's nap." (Click to see a sample spread. Illustrations ©1998 by Jan Brett. Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, a division of Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers.) (Ages 3 to 6) <I>--Marcie Bovetz</I> 3043272 book 1822 The Night before Christmas total:1766|5:878|4:518|3:304|2:51|1:15| 1766 7491 2058 95 5 1 false false Sat Jun 14 10:20:50 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 14 10:32:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Apr 03 17:35:57 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 03 17:35:57 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 19:14:29 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 09:32:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Oct 26 07:18:38 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 07:37:56 -0700 2008
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