Firefighter's Night Before Christmas Contributor(s): Rice, James (Illustrator), Cutlip, Kimbra (Author) |
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ISBN: 1589800540 ISBN-13: 9781589800540 Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2002 Annotation: Who needs eight flying reindeer when Santa has a shiny red fire truck? This delightful addition to the classic series honors firefighters across the country for their brave service. 31 full-color illustrations. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations - Christmas & Advent |
Dewey: 811.54 |
LCCN: 2002005669 |
Series: Night Before Christmas |
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 8.8" W x 11.1" (0.85 lbs) 32 pages |
Themes: - Holiday - Christmas |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: It's the Christmas Eve shift at Firehouse One. All the firefighters are sitting down to bowls of hot chili when an old fireman stops by for a bite to eat. The firemen have to leave to fight a fire and return to find that he was not an ordinary firefighter-they were visited by Sgt. St. Nick |
Contributor Bio(s): Rice, James: - Author/illustrator James Rice (1934-2004) produced sixty books, including the illustrations for Pelican's treasured The Night Before Christmas Series. Rice's first book, the well-loved classic Cajun Night Before Christmas(R), has more than 750,000 copies in print. Young readers can enjoy more of Gaston(R)'s adventures in Gaston(R) Goes to Mardi Gras and sample Rice's other children's stories with favorites such as Texas Jack at the Alamo. With more than 1.5 million copies of his books in print, Rice ranks among the nation's best-selling creators of children's books, receiving awards from Printer Industries of America and the Children's Book Council, among others. Years after his death, Rice's family found the art and text Gaston(R) Joins the Circus, and this discovery has brought Gaston(R) back for one more adventure!Cutlip, Kimbra: - When not working as an associate editor of Weatherwise magazine, author Kimbra Cutlip lives with her husband and daughter aboard their sailboat in Maryland. When young friends visited her boat and asked, |