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ANN WHITFORD PAUL, author of 'TWAS THE LATE NIGHT OF CHRISTMAS has always been crazy for Christmas, but overwhelmed by it, too. Afterwards she is worn-out and dreams that someone like Mrs. Saint Nick could help her out with the resulting chaos and mess.

Ann graduated from the University of Wisconsin and Columbia University School of Social Work. She became inspired to write picture books after years of bedtime reading to her four children. She's published 19 different award-winning books. Now she gets story ideas from her three grandchildren. For ten years she taught picture book writing through UCLA Extension. She still enjoys teaching how to write picture books. When she isn't writing or teaching, she loves listening to her cat purr, watc
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December 25—Christmas is here!

Finally!


In case you need another reminder about what Christmas is really about, here’s my final poem for the holidays.


PAINT ME A POEM


 


that’s black with night


and the white of a star


and the golden sheen


of heavenly crowns.


Add the faded blue


of a mother’s gown,


the gray of sheep,


a manger-bed brown,


plus the pink of the skin


of a newborn babe.


Paint me a po

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