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Overview
Praise for The Night Before Christmas Series:"Forget Dancer, Prancer, Comet, and Vixen. . . . Good Clement, wherever he is, will not be gnashing his teeth."
--New York Times Book Review
"Rice is especially good with facial expressions, whether they are on a Texas jackrabbit, a longhorn steer, a dusty cowboy, or the green and long-nosed alligator named Gaston."
--Library Journal
TEXAS NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS is a true Texas Christmas story, with characters that cowboys and cowgirls everywhere will love. Based on Clement C. Moore's poem, TEXAS NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS is filled with images of the Lone Star State.
Santy Claus arrives out of the sky in the midst of a fierce winter storm in a wagon pulled by eight scroungy longhorns. With names like Leadfoot, Waleye, Flopear, Scarface, and Gimp, they give old Rudolph a run for his money.
With his fat belly and weathered skin, Santy has seen more than his share of lonely Texas nights. When he slides down a chimney and lands in a warm house with a clumsy thud, he's in no hurry to head back out.
With a Santy so endearing he could charm the spines off a cactus, TEXAS NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS will touch the hearts of children and adults of all ages.
Author/illustrator James Rice (1934-2004) produced sixty books, including illustrations for many of Pelican's treasured The Night Before Christmas Series. Mr. Rice's first book, the well-loved classic Cajun Night Before Christmas , has nearly 800,000 copies in print. With more than two million copies in print, Rice ranked among the nation's best-selling creators of children's books.
BOOKS BY JAMES RICE Gaston Goes to Texas o Gaston Goes to Nashville o Texas Night Before Christmas o Texas Alphabet o Texas Night Before Christmas Coloring Book o Texas Jack at the Alamo o Cowboy Alphabet o Cowboy Night Before Christmas o Cajun Alphabet o Cowboy Rodeo o La Nochebuena South of the Border o Gaston Goes to the Kentucky Derby o Cowboy Night Before Christmas Coloring Book o Christmas at the J-O o Trail Drive o Vaqueros o Gaston the Green-Nosed Alligator o Gaston Goes to Mardi Gras o Victor Lopez at the Alamo o Gaston Drills an Offshore Oil Well o Too Tall Thomas Rides the Grub Line o Santa's Revenge o Lyn and the Fuzzy o Gaston Lays an Offshore Pipeline
ILLUSTRATED BY JAMES RICE The Little Colonel o Cajun Night Before Christmas Coloring Book o Jefferson Davis Coloring Book o Hillbilly Night Afore Christmas o A Medal for Murphy o No Regard Beauregard and the Golden Rule o Flags of Texas o The Night Before Christmas o A Christmas Carol o A Southern Time Christmas o Cajun Columbus o Cajun Night Before Christmas o Southern Love for Christmas o Santa's Christmas Surprise o Why Cowboys Sleep with Their Boots On o An Irish Night Before Christmas o Why Cowboys Need a Brand o A Leprechaun's St. Patrick's Day o Redneck Night Before Christmas o Gullah Night Before Christmas o Why Cowboys Need a Pardner o An Irish Hallowe'en o Sailor's Night Before Christmas o Trucker's Night Before Christmas o Why Cowgirls Are Such Sweet Talkers o Pennsylvania Dutch Night Before Christmas o Cajun Night After Christmas o The Teachers' Night Before Christmas o Firefighter's Night Before Christmas o Pennsylvania Dutch Night Before Christmas Coloring Book o Country Music Night Before Christmas o Nurse's Night Before Christmas o Ozark Night Before Christmas o The Principal's Night Before Christmas o An Irish Night Before Christmas Coloring Book
GIFT ITEMS BY JAMES RICE Cajun Night Before Christmas Ornament o Gaston Santa Claus Plush Toy o Gaston Mardi Gras Plush Toy o Gaston Goes to Mardi Gras Ornament
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With a team of recalcitrant longhorns pulling his sleigh, "Santy" pays a visit to a family on the Texas prairie, bringing gifts and Christmas cheer.