Overview
Children will delight in reading this clever rendition of the classic poem, and coloring in James Rice’s celebrated artwork of two lonely cowboys, Old Saint Nicholas, and the ornery Longhorns they must try and get to pull his sleigh.Cowboy Night Before Christmas tells the story of two lonely cowboys huddled in a cold shack on Christmas eve, visited by an old man needing help to harness longhorns to his wagon. After riding out in the night and giving good cowboy assistance,
they are amazed to see the man fly off with his wagon into the sky. Walking back to their shanty, they find on the floor some gifts of their own, and a message from the Jolly Old Man himself.
With his characteristic humor and inviting artwork, James Rice combines the spirit of Christmas with the spirit of the range, and the result is a coloring book consistent with the quality of Rice’s other work, such as Cajun Night Before Christmas and Gaston The Green-Nosed Alligator .
James Rice is widely acclaimed as the South’s leading author and illustrator of juvenile books. With more than a million and a half copies of his fifty-plus books in print, he ranks among the nation’s top authors and illustrators.
Synopsis
Children will delight in reading this clever rendition of the
classic poem, and coloring in James Riceï¿1/2s celebrated artwork of two lonely
cowboys, Old Saint Nicholas, and the ornery Longhorns they must try and get to
pull his sleigh.
Cowboy Night
Before Christmas tells the story of two lonely cowboys huddled in a cold
shack on Christmas eve, visited by an old man needing help to harness longhorns
to his wagon. After riding out in the night and giving good cowboy assistance,
they are amazed to see the man fly off with his wagon into the sky. Walking back
to their shanty, they find on the floor some gifts of their own, and a message
from the Jolly Old Man himself.
With his
characteristic humor and inviting artwork, James Rice combines the spirit of
Christmas with the spirit of the range, and the result is a coloring book
consistent with the quality of Riceï¿1/2s other work, such as Cajun Night
Before Christmas and Gaston The Green-Nosed Alligator .
James Rice is widely acclaimed as the Southï¿1/2s leading author
and illustrator of juvenile books. With more than a million and a half copies of
his fifty-plus books in print, he ranks among the nationï¿1/2s top authors and
illustrators.