Pennsylvania Dutch Night Before Xmas

Children will enjoy coloring the pictures while reading this retelling of the Christmas classic by Clement C. Moore. Pennsylvania Dutch Night Before Christmas blends Santa Claus with the traditional Pennsylvania Dutch figure of the Belsnickel, a thin, cantankerous old man who visits children before Christmas and rewards or punishes them based on their behavior. The fun begins Christmas Eve, when the Belsnickel arrives on an old-fashioned plow pulled by cows and steers. Havoc and humor erupt when the yuletide load proves a little too heavy for the farmeris roof! The best-selling original book, Pennsylvania Dutch Night Before Christmas, is also avialable on audiocassette, read by the author. About the Author Chet Williamson is an award-winning writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He lives in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Dutch Night Before Christmas is his first childrenis book. About the Illustrator Widely acclaimed as the Southis leading illustrator of juvenile books, James Rice is the illustrator and/or author of over sixty titles with almost two million copies in print. Rice was born on a farm in Coleman County, Texas, and currently resides in Hico, Texas. He has taught art at the grammar-school, high-school, and university levels and enjoys talking to schoolchildren across the country about writing and art.Williamson, Chet is the author of 'Pennsylvania Dutch Night Before Xmas' with ISBN 9781589800571 and ISBN 1589800575.