Twas the Night Before Christmas - Or Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas

b>Exquisitely detailed drawings by Matt Tavares embody the spirit of a magical night in a lavish, full-size gift edition marking the two-hundredth anniversary of the classic poem./b>br>br>The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,br>in hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.br>br>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, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas Or Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas honors the poem's original language in a definitive keepsake volume.

Product details

• Authors: Clement C Moore, Clement C. Moore, Matt Tavares
• Assisted by: Matt Tavares (Illustration)
• Publisher: Candlewick Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 3 to 7
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2022
• EAN: 9781536217995
• ISBN: 978-1-5362-1799-5
• Dimensions: 255 mm x 293 mm x 7 mm
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Picture books