{"product_id":"cajun-night-before-christmas","title":"Cajun Night Before Christmas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"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 than 490,000 copies and has served as the model for Pelican'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 \"from his head to his toes,\" 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. James Rice, in his long, distinguished career as an author and illustrator, has produced fifty-plus children's books, among them an addition to the Night Before\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fashions for Kids Mandeville","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47615658819638,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0114\/9242\/5785\/files\/77CBCC584D6B47AC1556CB05288B0C6DB2FD6483_f6aecf50-2f17-4ff2-a4b2-131c2d29d172.jpg?v=1788989148","url":"https:\/\/fashionsforkids.net\/products\/cajun-night-before-christmas","provider":"Fashions for Kids Mandeville","version":"1.0","type":"link"}