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Carol Ann Duffy
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Pages: 64 (Hardcover)
ISBN: 0719554888
Pub: John Murray Publishers Ltd
Pub date: 2005-10-10
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 152062
Reader Reviews:
A piece of History (3/3 people found this helpful)
Ok I admit i'm english and therefore some of the rhymes within this poem don't work with my accent, but I don't care. Here is an updated version that I feel will hold it's own and in years to come be used in schools around the world to show what the beginning of the 21st Century was like. Although the poet is clearly writing the same sort of story as the original "Night before Christmas", she interjects a real feeling of our time. The sense of a lack of faith and disillusionment that we have, and with her words re-lights those old feelings of wonder and belief that stir in all of us. The references, to tv's, malls, mobile phones, cash points give such a clear image of life today that i am sure it's recording future history in an engaging way. I loved it.
Magical! (25/25 people found this helpful)
There really is something for everyone in this book - a heart-warming poem that brings a modern twist to the traditional old favourite 'A Night Before Christmas' and fantastic illustrations with great detail and subtle humour. It is already a firm favourite with my children - and it will make the perfect Christmas gift too.
The loveliest Christmas treat (37/37 people found this helpful)
I've already bought this wonderful book for my children's stockings. But I partly got it for myself (!) because it's something that I could happily read to them time and again. Carol Ann Duffy's reworking of the classic poem 'A Night Before Chirstmas' is brilliant. It's sweet and magical but also witty, modern and deep. I can imagine it becoming a bit of a Chirstmas ritual as each year my kids return to it they'll get more out of it. The illustrations are gorgeous too.
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