Firefighter's Night Before Christmas - Hardcover

James Rice

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1589800540 ISBN 13: 9781589800540

Publisher: Pelican Publishing Co. (US), 2002

Synopsis

It's the Christmas Eve shift at Firehouse One. All the firefighters are sitting down to bowls of hot chili when an old fireman stops by for a bite to eat. The firemen have to leave to fight a fire and return to find that he was not an ordinary firefighter-they were visited by Sgt. St. Nick!

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Product Description

Firefighter's Night Before Christmas Who needs eight flying reindeer when Santa has a shiny red fire truck? This delightful addition to the classic series honors firefighters across the country for their brave service. 31 full-color illustrations. Full description

About the Author

Author/illustrator James Rice (1934-2004) produced sixty books, including the illustrations for Pelican's treasured The Night Before Christmas Series. Rice's first book, the well-loved classic Cajun Night Before Christmas (R), has more than 750,000 copies in print. Young readers can enjoy more of Gaston (R)'s adventures in Gaston (R) Goes to Mardi Gras and sample Rice's other children's stories with favorites such as Texas Jack at the Alamo. With more than 1.5 million copies of his books in print, Rice ranks among the nation's best-selling creators of children's books, receiving awards from Printer Industries of America and the Children's Book Council, among others. Years after his death, Rice's family found the art and text Gaston (R) Joins the Circus, and this discovery has brought Gaston (R) back for one more adventure! When not working as an associate editor of Weatherwise magazine, author Kimbra Cutlip lives with her husband and daughter aboard their sailboat in Maryland. When young friends visited her boat and asked,

About this edition

• Publisher: Pelican Publishing Co. (US)
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1589800540
• ISBN 13: 9781589800540
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32