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Overview
A little girl and her family are getting ready to go on vacation . . . or at least they are trying to. In the effort to pack everything that will be needed, there's bound to be something overlooked, and what that is provides a funny ending to this meter-perfect "twist" on Clement Moore's classic.
In the style of Clement Moore's familiar Christmas poem, tells of a family's last minute preparations for summer vacation.
Synopsis
In the style of Clement Moore's familiar Christmas poem, tells of a family's last minute preparations for summer vacation.
Children's Literature
An inventive rhyme patterned after "T'was the Night Before Christmas" is the text in this early reader book. The poem is paired with amusing illustrations that will entertain children and keep them coming back for more. The language is descriptive; the pictures capture the hustle and bustle of a family preparing for summer vacation: "Down from the attic our suitcases came, Mom whistled and shouted as if reffing a game: In bathing suits! In flip-flops! In sun block and hats! In flashlight! In lounge chairs! And whistle ball bats! To the top of the pile! To the top of the heap! Now pack away! Pack away! Five layers deep!" Here is a summer story with lots of Christmas spirit. This title is one in the publisher's "Reading Railroad Books" series. 2002, Grosset & Dunlap/Penguin Putnam, Pettenati