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  • Cajun Night Before ChristmasĀ®

    "Trosclair", Howard Jacobs, James Rice

    Hardcover (Pelican, Sept. 30, 1992)
    The Cajun Night Before ChristmasĀ® has been a part of Louisianaā€™s holiday traditions since it was first published. Now, more than forty-five years later, a new generation is discovering the charm of GastonĀ® the Green-Nosed Alligator. First conceived by J.B. Kling, Jr. writing as ā€˜Trosclairā€™, the CLIO award-winning sales jingle for the Bergeron Plymouth Company in New Orleans was based on the Clement Moore poem. The exclusive rights were purchased by Pelican Publishing Company and the illustrations of then fledgling artist James Rice brought the story to life. Beloved master storyteller Coleen Salley narrated the read-along CD. Radio personality and voice talent Tommy Joe Breaux became the voice behind the recordings at City Park and on the audio version of the adventures of GastonĀ®. The book also created what has become the largest segment at Pelican Publishingā€”the childrenā€™s book division.With the passing of publisher Dr. Milburn Calhoun and his wife Nancy Calhoun, illustrator James Rice, and the loss of Colleen Salley, the people behind the creation of the story are mostly gone. What remains is a long legacy of delight. Each year at the Celebration in the Oaks light show featuring the classic cabin from the story, dedicated staff from Pelican Publishing collect memories of attendees as they flow through the premiere preview parties. From now grown children who remember it as the first Louisiana tale they ever heard to young parents who laugh about a non-Louisiana spouse reading it to their children in full-blown Cajun accent, the book is universally loved and remembered. Teachers talk about how they use it in the classroom, business people mention they send it to out of state clients, and children laugh as they try to mimic the dialect that has all but disappeared from everyday life. The classic tale has been interpreted in gingerbread houses in competitions as far away as California and in cakes at the Edible Book competition at NOMA in New Orleans. For years, the miniature book ornaments have appeared on Christmas trees across the country as a reminder of a faraway Louisiana home. Even the New York Times praised the lilt, the humor, and the rough-hewn drawings of the Cajun tale. At Pelican Publishing, a huge portrait of GastonĀ® and his bearded friend hangs in the boardroom watching over each new author and illustrator that joins the family.
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  • Cajun Night Before Christmas

    "Trosclair", James Rice

    Hardcover (Pelican, Oct. 2, 2000)
    A miniature book to hang on your tree (hanger provided).
  • CAJUN NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS

    Trosclair, James Rice, Howard Jacobs

    eBook (Pelican Publishing, Dec. 1, 2015)
    More than twenty-five years after its first appearance, Cajun Night Before ChristmasĀ® has become a modern classic that has sold more than 1,000,000 copies and has served as the model for Pelicanā€™s ongoing, best-selling Night Before Christmas Series.The formula that started this success story is surprisingly simple: take the classic story of jolly old St. Nicholas, place it in a Louisiana bayou, dress Santa Claus in muskrat ā€œfrom his head to his toes,ā€ pile his skiff high with toys, and hitch it to eight friendly alligators. The result is a delightful twist on an old and familiar tale. It is Christmas on the bayou.
  • Cajun Night Before Christmas

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    Hardcover (Pelican Publishing, Aug. 16, 1994)
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  • Cajun Night Before Christmas

    Trosclair,

    Hardcover (Pelican Pub Co Inc, Sept. 16, 1973)
    A version in Cajun dialect of the famous poem, "The Night Before Christmas," set in a Louisiana bayou.
  • Cajun Night Before ChristmasĀ® Slipcase

    Trosclair, Howard Jacobs, James Rice

    Hardcover (Pelican, May 31, 1993)
    The Cajun Night Before ChristmasĀ® has been a part of Louisianaā€™s holiday traditions since it was first published. Now, more than forty-five years later, a new generation is discovering the charm of GastonĀ® the Green-Nosed Alligator. First conceived by J.B. Kling, Jr. writing as ā€˜Trosclairā€™, the CLIO award-winning sales jingle for the Bergeron Plymouth Company in New Orleans was based on the Clement Moore poem. The exclusive rights were purchased by Pelican Publishing Company and the illustrations of then fledgling artist James Rice brought the story to life. Beloved master storyteller Coleen Salley narrated the read-along CD. Radio personality and voice talent Tommy Joe Breaux became the voice behind the recordings at City Park and on the audio version of the adventures of GastonĀ®. The book also created what has become the largest segment at Pelican Publishingā€”the childrenā€™s book division.With the passing of publisher Dr. Milburn Calhoun and his wife Nancy Calhoun, illustrator James Rice, and the loss of Colleen Salley, the people behind the creation of the story are mostly gone. What remains is a long legacy of delight. Each year at the Celebration in the Oaks light show featuring the classic cabin from the story, dedicated staff from Pelican Publishing collect memories of attendees as they flow through the premiere preview parties. From now grown children who remember it as the first Louisiana tale they ever heard to young parents who laugh about a non-Louisiana spouse reading it to their children in full-blown Cajun accent, the book is universally loved and remembered. Teachers talk about how they use it in the classroom, business people mention they send it to out of state clients, and children laugh as they try to mimic the dialect that has all but disappeared from everyday life. The classic tale has been interpreted in gingerbread houses in competitions as far away as California and in cakes at the Edible Book competition at NOMA in New Orleans. For years, the miniature book ornaments have appeared on Christmas trees across the country as a reminder of a faraway Louisiana home. Even the New York Times praised the lilt, the humor, and the rough-hewn drawings of the Cajun tale. At Pelican Publishing, a huge portrait of GastonĀ® and his bearded friend hangs in the boardroom watching over each new author and illustrator that joins the family. Slipcase edition.
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  • Cajun Night Before Christmas

    Trosclair

    Hardcover (Pelican Publishing Company, Aug. 16, 1986)
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  • Cajun Night Before Christmas -- Edited By Howard Jacobs

    "Trosclair", James Rice

    Hardcover (Pelican Publishing Company, Aug. 16, 1993)
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  • Cajun Night Before Christmas

    Howard Jacobs

    Hardcover (Pelican, Aug. 16, 1995)
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