Cajun Night Before Christmas(r)

by Trosclair

Book Overview

"Forget Dancer, Prancer, Comet, and Vixen. . . . Good Clement, wherever he is, will not be gnashing his teeth." New York Times Book Review "Set in a Louisiana bayou and told in Cajun dialect-e chirren been nezzle/Good snug on de flo'-the poem has lively illustrations that perfectly suit the unique text." Horn Book More than twenty-five years after its first appearance, Cajun Night Before Christmas has become a modern classic that has sold more...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0882899406
• ISBN13: 9780882899404
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Fantastic!

I'm just some White American who loves learning about and meeting people, so when I saw that there was a Cajun Night Before Christmas, I knew I needed to get it. Comparing and sharing traditions is one of the most intimate ways of learning about others (in my humble opinion), and I was overjoyed at the opportunity to experience a story I knew through the care and humor of a culture different from mine. Highly recommended- if I had kids or even adults who would tolerate me reading to them out loud in my life, I would be absolutely obnoxious in an annual Cajun Christmas reading.

Cajun Night= Guaranteed Pleaser of All Ages

This book I used in a Christmas theme when I student taught 3rd grade. They absolutley loved it. Not only was it funny but very very well written and entertaining. In fact, when I came back to visit them a week after I left, they made me read it again. Good spinoff of The Night Before Christmas.

Cajun Night Before Christmas

I have had this book for almost twenty years, and every Christmas my friends beg me to read it to them with my Cajun accent. This is such a FUN book for children and adults, and it is written in the Cajun dialect so that it is easy to have a Cajun accent. I have never met anyone who didn't fall in love with this book! Buy it! You won't be sorry, and it will become a family heirloom for many generations to come.

A New Way To View Santa Claus....

Looking for a new way to view Santa Claus? Well, here is the book for you. This book takes a folklore view of Santa in Louisiana. The illustrations are warm, friendly and give the reader a glimpse on how Christmas is celebrated on the bayou. :)

Very entertaining and well received when read out loud!

My daughter received this book as a gift in 1977 when we lived in Louisiana and it has become a tradition to read it every Christmas (even though we left the South long ago). The characters are easy to relate to because we know the originals - and these are so clever. Just brush up on your accent before reading aloud.