{"product_id":"twas-the-night-before-christmas-isbn-9781536217995","title":"Twas the Night Before Christmas","description":"\u003cb\u003eExquisitely detailed drawings by Matt Tavares embody the spirit of a magical night now in a lavish, full-size gift edition marking the two-hundredth anniversary of the classic poem.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe stockings were hung by the chimney with care,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ein hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnce 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 \u003ci\u003eTroy Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e—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 ’\u003ci\u003eTwas the Night Before Christmas\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eOr Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas \u003c\/i\u003ehonors the poem’s original language in a definitive keepsake volume.\u003cb\u003eMatt Tavares\u003c\/b\u003e is the author-illustrator of numerous acclaimed picture books, including \u003ci\u003eRed and Lulu \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDasher: How a Brave Little Doe Changed Christmas Forever\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eBecoming Babe Ruth\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Growing Up Pedro\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand other sports biographies. He is the illustrator of \u003ci\u003eTwenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier \u003c\/i\u003eby Jeff Gottesfeld and \u003ci\u003eThe Gingerbread Pirates \u003c\/i\u003eby Kristin Kladstrup, among many other picture books. Matt Tavares lives in Maine.","brand":"Candlewick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304322552037,"sku":"NP9781536217995","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781536217995.jpg?v=1767743058","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/twas-the-night-before-christmas-isbn-9781536217995","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}