An Out of Print Night Before Christmas

If youve ever poked around in the childrens section at the Penrose Public Library downtown then you may have seen a little locked glass cabinet full of lovely, out-of-print childrens books. We had a feeling they might have a wonderful edition of Clement C. Moores The Night Before Christmas. And indeed they had several: one illustrated by the inimitable Arthur Rackham (which, sadly, was missing most of the color plates) and the other illustrated in 1954 by Roger Duvoisin, author and illustrator of books like Petunia and Donkey-Donkey. Perhaps most famously, Duvoisin illustrated The Happy Lion, which was written by his wife Louise Fatio.

Happy Holidays from The Big Something! See You Next Year!

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