cover image THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS

THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS

Clement Clarke Moore, Robert Clarke Sabuda, , illus. by Robert Sabuda. . S&S/Little Simon, $24.95 (12pp) ISBN 978-0-689-83899-6

Those wishing to give the holiday some gleeful pop need look no further than Sabuda's (The 12 Days of Christmas; The Christmas Alphabet) latest marvel of intricate paper engineering. In a slight twist, a tiny mouse family, tucked in and dreaming of shimmering sweets, wakens to sleigh-and-reindeer clatter. In Sabuda's signature style, a rainbow of solid-colored panels comprises the backgrounds, giving contrast to the white (save for St. Nick's suit) three-dimensional constructions. The pop-up of Santa's reindeer dramatically leaping toward readers is a stunner. All ages. (Oct.)