TY - BOOK AU - Rosales,Melodye AU - Moore,Clement Clarke TI - 'Twas the night b'fore Christmas SN - 0590739441 AV - PS3568.O738 T93 1996 U1 - 811/.54 PY - 1996/// CY - New York PB - Scholastic KW - Afro-American families KW - Juvenile poetry KW - Santa Claus KW - Christmas KW - Children's poetry, American KW - Afro-Americans KW - Poetry KW - American poetry KW - Narrative poetry KW - African Americans KW - sears N1 - "An African-American version based on the original poem, A visit from St. Nicholas, by Clement C. Moore."; Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books; Horn Book; Publishers Weekly; 3; P-3 N2 - Presents a turn-of-the-century black family's encounter with St. Nick as he delivers his presents before flying off into the night ER -