'Twas the night b'fore Christmas / retold and illustrated by Melodye Rosales.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Scholastic, 1996.Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 31 cmISBN:- 0590739441
- Afro-American families -- Juvenile poetry
- Santa Claus -- Juvenile poetry
- Christmas -- Juvenile poetry
- Children's poetry, American
- Afro-Americans -- Poetry
- Santa Claus -- Poetry
- Christmas -- Poetry
- American poetry
- Narrative poetry
- African Americans -- Poetry
- Santa Claus -- Poetry
- Christmas -- Poetry
- American poetry
- Narrative poetry
- 811/.54
- PS3568.O738 T93 1996
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811 PRE It's Raining Pigs & Noodles | 811 PRE The new kid on the block / | 811 RAC Wet Cement A Mix of Concrete Poems | 811 ROS 'Twas the night b'fore Christmas / | 811 RYD Earthdance / | 811 SCH How now, brown cow? / | 811 SCH And the green grass grew all around : |
"An African-American version based on the original poem, A visit from St. Nicholas, by Clement C. Moore."
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Presents a turn-of-the-century black family's encounter with St. Nick as he delivers his presents before flying off into the night.
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