‘Twas the Fright Before Christmas
BY JUDY SIERRAILLUSTRATED BY WILL HILLENBRAND
HARCOURT, PRESCHOOL-GRADE 3
HARCOURT, PRESCHOOL-GRADE 3
On the night before Christmas at the old haunted house, not a creature is stirring, until. . . ""Aroo-roo " "Someone steps on the werewolf and wakes him, but "who"? He's blaming the manticore, who's blaming the cat, who's blaming the zombie, who points to the bat. Help Luckily, dear Santa Mouse knows the perfect solution to calming and quieting all this Christmas confusion. Judy Sierra and Will Hillenbrand, the ingeniously wicked team behind "The House That Drac Built," have turned a holiday classic into howling, rollicking fun.
Reviews
… the real fun lies in the charming illustrations. Kids will grin at the dragon's gaping nostrils, the manticore’s one sock, and the fact that almost all of the creatures have a small object to cuddle. [A] tiny mouse appears on almost every spread but must be hunted for, adding to the entertainment... —Publishers Weekly
Although the story is entertaining for its unique juxtaposing of Halloween and Christmas elements, it also contains some subtle logic lessons in sequential thinking. Legions of little monster fans will find this innovation more fun than the original.—Kirkus Reviews
'Twas the night before Christmas and not only is a mouse stirring, he is delivering gifts to a haunted house and driving a sleigh powered by eight tiny bats in Sierra and Hillenbrand's… gigglishly ghoulish, Halloween-inspired rendition of Moore's Christmas classic. —The Horn Book
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