Twas the Night Before Christmas is a great book to be read to the class when it comes close to Christmas time. The book has great illustrations, these again look rather old fashioned like a book I have previously read. The picture below shows how well illustrated the book is. The illustration goes with the text;
The stockings were hung
By the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas
Soon would be there
The book includes rhymes. The text on each page is four lines long. It is on the second line last word and fourth line last word that rhyme on every page. The story is about a family whose children hang their stockings and hope that St Nicholas will fill these. The story is obviously not set in Australia as it says in the book For a long winter's nap. This may need to be explained to students.
The text especially as it rhymes works well the the illustrations, the illustrations clarify what the text is saying. This may help students especially if they do not understand. This book would be great to be read to students in the lower years at school. It would be ideal for this book to be read before an activity that links with the book, for example making stockings.
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