Scrooge's Night Before Christmas

Hardback

Main Details

Title Scrooge's Night Before Christmas
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Julie Petersen
Illustrated by Sheryl Dickert
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:32
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 89
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9781423644897
ClassificationsDewey:811.6
Audience
General
Illustrations Illustrations throughout

Publishing Details

Publisher Gibbs M. Smith Inc
Imprint Gibbs M. Smith Inc
Publication Date 6 September 2016
Publication Country United States

Description

In clever rhyme, this fully illustrated mash-up of Dickens' A Christmas Carol and Moore's The Night Before Christmas typifies the subtle wittiness of British humor. The poem begins, "'Twas the day before Christmas and Marley was dead-As dead as a door nail, so the old simile read." Once we know the backstory of Scrooge's nasty temper, we meet in su

Author Biography

JULIE PETERSEN has fond memories of hiding under her covers at night with a flashlight just so she could finish whatever chapter she was on and a few more after that. When not reading Jane Austen, she can be found singing and spoiling her nieces and nephews. Julie currently lives in Clinton, Utah. Sheryl Dickert has illustrated other books in the Night Before Christmas series. She lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.