01841cam a2200289 4500 759935770 TxAuBib 20220915120000.0 220131s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781536217995 hbk. $17.99 1536217999 hbk. $17.99 (OCoLC)1294284486 YDX eng rda YDX BDX JNE NYP TxGR TxAuBib Moore, Clement Clarke, 1779-1863, author. Night before Christmas. Twas the night before Christmas [Book] : or account of a visit from St. Nicholas / Clement C. Moore ; illustrated by Matt Tavares. First edition. Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2022. 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm. "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. 20220915. Santa Claus Fictitious character Poetry. Christmas poetry. Children's poetry, American. Tavares, Matt, illustrator. RV8