'Twas the night before the night before Christmas,
with too much to do.
Our tree wasn't up yet,
and Mom had the flu.
Oh, no! It's the day before Christmas Eve, and it seems like everything is going wrong! Mom's sick, all the Christmas stockings have holes, and the lines at the mall are miles long! Will everything be ready by Christmas Eve? The clock is ticking! Once again, Natasha Wing follows the rhythms and meter of Clement Moore's classic Christmas poem, yet gives it her own entirely original twist.
About the Author
Natasha Wing was born in Milford, Connecticut in 1960. At the age of 20 she moved to Arizona where she finished college at Arizona State University in 1982 with a B.S. in Advertising. In 1988 she married Daniel Wing and moved to Northern California where she worked in advertising for a number of years. It wasn't until 1991 that she decided to write children's books. Luckily she sold her first book, Hippity Hop, Frog on Top, within 6 months and has been writing children's books and articles ever since. Her second book, Jalapeno Bagels, came out in June 1996 with Atheneum Books. The Night Before Easter, was published with Putnam All Aboard Books. She has also been published in Humpty Dumpty's Magazine, Girls' Life, and Hopscotch for Girls, and has two recipes in Writers in the Kitchen.
Illustrated by Mike Lester
