{"product_id":"the-night-before-christmas-a-new-christmas-tradition-9781665937917","title":"The Night Before Christmas: A New Christmas Tradition","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this adaptation of Clement C. Moore's beloved Christmas poem, a young Black girl wakes up on Christmas Eve to find Santa placing gifts for her family underneath the tree, and to her delight, Santa looks just like her.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLike my uncle, my auntie, my father, and mother\u003cbr\u003e My cousins, and grandparents, sister, and brother\u003cbr\u003e He encompassed us all, the man by the tree.\u003cbr\u003e Who'd imagine that Santa could look just like me?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this retelling of the holiday classic about jolly old St. Nicholas, a young Black girl patiently waits for Christmas morning with her family when, to her surprise, she chances upon Santa, with his red suit, hot-cocoa-colored cheeks, and snowy white beard.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Candice Bradley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/09\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.13d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781665937917\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCandice Bradley is an author-illustrator from the San Francisco Bay Area who discovered her ability to create through the very first markings of her pencil. Her passion today has evolved into a love for storytelling in all its various forms and has led to study of film and TV at NYU Tisch School of Arts. She is the illustrator of the Let's Play Outside! series by Shauntay Grant and \u003ci\u003eBefore the Ships\u003c\/i\u003e by Maisha Oso and is the author and illustrator of picture book \u003ci\u003eThe Night Before Christmas\u003c\/i\u003e. Candice's hope as an artist is to support the movement of writers and storytellers, redeeming the narrative for minorities and people of color.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ripon Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44119542104109,"sku":"9781665937917","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/0501\/1245\/files\/img_27433490-d2a9-4df3-b480-4d27ea29fa8a.jpg?v=1756229506","url":"https:\/\/riponbookstore.com\/products\/the-night-before-christmas-a-new-christmas-tradition-9781665937917","provider":"Ripon Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}