Twas The Night Before Christmas: Edited by Santa (Giveaway!)

Welcome to the Kid Lit Giveaway Hop Holiday Extravaganza!  This event, hosted by Youth Literature Reviews and Mother Daughter Book Reviews, features winter-themed or holiday-themed children’s or young adult literature.  Each participating blog has something great to share and a chance to win, so get hopping!

Twas the Night Before Christmas.  We’re all familiar with the classic poem by Clement C. Moore in which St. Nicholas and his reindeer visit a family on Christmas Eve, but the version I’m featuring here is a little different from what you’re probably used to.  Out of care for young readers, two lines have been omitted:

“The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth / And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath.”

I’m not normally a fan of changing the classics, but as far as I am concerned, smoke-free is the way to be, so this is a change I can get on board with.  The story otherwise remains the same, and all the charm and excitement you love about it is still there.  Now, however, your little children’s heads will be filled with images of sugar plums (remind me to google what a sugar plum is) instead of pipes and smoke.  The kids have no idea anything is missing, it doesn’t change the feel of the poem, and I feel better about reading it to them.

The illustrations are super cute too!  There are adorable, fluffy, and sometimes laughing animals on each page of the book.  The colors are bright and cheerful, and the overall look and feel is very appealing to little kids.  Mine definitely love it, and you can be this is what I’ll be taking out to read them on Christmas Eve this year.

This edited version of Twas is the winner of 6 book awards: a 2012 Global Ebook Awards first place; four 2013 Benjamin Franklin Awards, including gold for best cover;  and a gold medal from the 2012 Moonbeam Children Book Awards.  Printed on 100% ancient forest-friendly paper certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and printed with vegetable-based inks, this edition also has a gentle footprint.

Twas the Night Before Christmas is available in hardcover and ebooks in English, Spanish, and French.  There is also an interactive, audio-enhanced read-along electronic version for iBooks, also in three languages.

You could win your own copy of Twas the Night Before Christmas, Edited by Santa Claus for the benefit of children of the 21st Century!  Just enter via the Rafflecopter.  Giveaway is open to residents of the US and Canada who are 18 and older.  Good luck, and happy holidays!

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Game On Mom received a complimentary sample of this book.  No other compensation was provided.