The Nights Before Christmas

Tony Ross 

This lavishly produced hardback book is the perfect keepsake gift to treasure. Fully illustrated in color throughout by acclaimed illustrator Tony Ross, The Nights Before Christmas has 24 classic festive tales, songs, and stories to read throughout Advent or keep as a family Christmas anthology. There are festive extracts from much-loved books, including A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, and The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame; yuletide poems ('A Visit from St. Nicholas') and carols ('Good King Wenceslas'), together with traditional tales from Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm. This is the ultimate Christmas gift.