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Books in The Night Before Christmas series

  • Dinosaur's Night Before Christmas

    Jim Harris

    Hardcover (Pelican, Sept. 2, 2010)
    When a dad is up late on Christmas Eve, he sees on the lawn something pulled by eight huge dinosaurs. The next thing he knows, a T-Rex in red has come down the chimney! This zany children's picture book imagines what happens when Santa concocts some dinosaurs as a Christmas present.
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  • Night Before Christmas in the Military, The

    Sue Carabine, Shauna Mooney Kawasaki

    Hardcover (Gibbs Smith, Publisher, Aug. 1, 2003)
    Santa receives thousands of letters from children who have parents in the military. He decides this year he'll do something extra special for the troops that are away from home.
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  • La Nochebuena South of the Border

    James Rice

    Hardcover (Pelican Publishing, Sept. 30, 1993)
    A sombrero-wearing Santa makes his rounds through the Mexican desert.
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  • Nurse's Night Before Christmas

    David Davis, James Rice

    Hardcover (Pelican Publishing, Sept. 30, 2003)
    Saint Emergency Nick pays the hospital staff a surprise visit on Christmas Eve with helpful elves, new supplies, and even a Christmas tree.
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  • The Night Before the New Pet

    Natasha Wing, Amy Wummer

    Paperback (Grosset & Dunlap, Feb. 16, 2016)
    There's a new pet on the way—the moment every kid dreams of!It's the night before the adoption of a puppy and the whole family can hardly wait. Everyone helps prepare: they buy treats, set up a crate, and discuss what they should name the pet. When they get to the shelter, they see all kinds of dogs — until they spot the perfect one for them. But a last-minute surprise makes things twice as exciting!
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  • The Night Before Hanukkah

    Natasha Wing, Amy Wummer

    Paperback (Grosset & Dunlap, Oct. 2, 2014)
    The newest title in the bestselling Night Before series is the perfect gift for every girl and boy who celebrates Hanukkah!It's the night before the eight-day celebration of Hanukkah begins, and everyone is excited! Each evening, the family gathers to light the candles and share holiday traditions such as playing dreidel, eating latkes, and exchanging gifts. The seventeenth title in Natasha Wing's bestselling series, The Night Before Hanukkah captures all the joy and love in one of the most wonderful times of the year!
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  • The Night Before Summer Camp

    Natasha Wing, Mindy Pierce

    Paperback (Grosset & Dunlap, May 10, 2007)
    The first day of summer camp is almost here, and one little camper doesn’t know what to expect. For a while everything is hunkydory . . . until rest time rolls around and he gets a bad case of nervous butterflies. But an unlikely friend appears out of the crowd and reassures him that the best cure for the summertime blues is tons of summertime fun! A sweetly reassuring story, once again told in verse to the meter of Clement Moore’s classic.
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  • The Night Before Preschool

    Natasha Wing, Amy Wummer

    Hardcover (Grosset & Dunlap, May 1, 2014)
    It's the night before preschool, and a little boy named Billy is so nervous he can't fall asleep. The friends he makes the next day at school give him a reason not to sleep the next night, either: he's too excited about going back! The book's simple rhyming text and sweet illustrations will soothe any child's fears about the first day of school.
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  • Musher's Night Before Christmas

    Tricia Brown, Debra Dubac

    Hardcover (Pelican, Sept. 28, 2011)
    A champion musher leads Santa's sleigh in a whiteout. It is Christmas Eve and Santa's on top of the world, but Rudolph's nose is out of juice. With only one stop left, they can't quit now. But how will they find their way to Nome, Alaska, with all the heavy snow? In order to deliver his last presents, Santa recruits a great musher and his eight champion huskies. Will this brave team be able to guide Santa's sleigh tonight?
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  • The Night Before College

    Sonya Sones, Ava Tramer, Max Dalton

    Hardcover (Grosset & Dunlap, April 17, 2014)
    “Just the thing to tuck into a teen’s stocking (or maybe shower caddy).” --Publishers WeeklySonya Sones, author of YA novel What My Mother Doesn't Know, has written a nifty, witty take-off of The Night Before Christmas with her daughter Ava Tramer, a recent Harvard grad. This small-format jacketed hardcover takes a look back at all the stops on the route to college--touring campuses, prepping for SATs, writing the dreaded essay, getting the thumbs-up-or-down news, and finally, at long last, packing and setting off for the next chapter. A perfect gift for the college bound.
  • Trucker's Night Before Christmas

    David Davis, James Rice

    Hardcover (Pelican Publishing, Sept. 30, 1999)
    Ol St. Nick avoids smokies and snowflakes as he delivers radar detectors, goose-feather vests, and coupons for chicken-fried steaks.
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  • Night Before Christmas in Minnesota, The

    Sue Carabine, Shauna Mooney Kawasaki

    Hardcover (Gibbs Smith, Publisher, Aug. 1, 2003)
    Santa enjoys visiting Minnesota and all the great athletes that live there, but he decides to help some men who are stuck get home to their families in time for Christmas.
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