Clement C. Moore

The Night Before Christmas

CA$90

Illustrated by Ella Beech

Beautifully illustrated by Ella Beech, this magical Folio Society edition of Clement C. Moore’s The Night Before Christmas will delight readers of all ages. 

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Book Details
 
Presentation Box & BindingBound in smooth-textured blocked paper with glow-in-the-dark varnish
Printed slipcase with glow-in-the dark varnish
Endpapers printed with a pattern of stars
Dimensions10¼ inches x 7½ inches
FontSet in Mrs Eaves
Pages42 pages
AuthorClement C. Moore
Illustrated byElla Beech
Illustration42 pages of full-colour illustrations, including an 8-page foldout
Publication Date10/10/2023
Editor's Notes
 
It’s Christmas Eve, a family is sleeping, stockings hung expectantly above the fireplace, when a noise outside announces a night-time visitor… One of the most recognisable and best-loved Christmas tales, The Night Before Christmas has been read to, and read by, excited children for 200 years. Written by New York clergyman, Clement C. Moore, the poem perfectly captures the anticipation and wonder of Christmas Eve, and it shaped our image of the festive season, including the idea of St. Nicholas arriving on a sleigh pulled by reindeer.

This special anniversary edition is a visual extravaganza, with 50 pages of full-colour illustrations by Ella Beech. Brimming with nostalgia, and packed with detail and humour, all readers will be drawn into this magical tale. A stunning fold-out section and glow-in-the-dark binding design complete an extraordinary collectable edition that is the perfect festive gift for children, parents and grandparents alike.

About the illustrator

Ella Beech

Ella Beech is an artist and illustrator who studied fine art before working as a designer and art director in children’s publishing for 20 years. Having completed a postgraduate degree in children’s book illustration at Cambridge School of Art, she is now an associate lecturer on the same course, as well as a freelance illustrator. She works in traditional media, experimenting with bold compositions and a twist of offbeat humour in her work. She was highly commended in the Macmillan Prize for Illustration in 2022 and was a finalist in the Bologna Illustrators Exhibition in 2021.

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About the illustrator

Ella Beech

Ella Beech is an artist and illustrator who studied fine art before working as a designer and art director in children’s publishing for 20 years. Having completed a postgraduate degree in children’s book illustration at Cambridge School of Art, she is now an associate lecturer on the same course, as well as a freelance illustrator. She works in traditional media, experimenting with bold compositions and a twist of offbeat humour in her work. She was highly commended in the Macmillan Prize for Illustration in 2022 and was a finalist in the Bologna Illustrators Exhibition in 2021.

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About the illustrator

Ella Beech

Ella Beech is an artist and illustrator who studied fine art before working as a designer and art director in children’s publishing for 20 years. Having completed a postgraduate degree in children’s book illustration at Cambridge School of Art, she is now an associate lecturer on the same course, as well as a freelance illustrator. She works in traditional media, experimenting with bold compositions and a twist of offbeat humour in her work. She was highly commended in the Macmillan Prize for Illustration in 2022 and was a finalist in the Bologna Illustrators Exhibition in 2021.

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About the illustrator

Ella Beech

Ella Beech is an artist and illustrator who studied fine art before working as a designer and art director in children’s publishing for 20 years. Having completed a postgraduate degree in children’s book illustration at Cambridge School of Art, she is now an associate lecturer on the same course, as well as a freelance illustrator. She works in traditional media, experimenting with bold compositions and a twist of offbeat humour in her work. She was highly commended in the Macmillan Prize for Illustration in 2022 and was a finalist in the Bologna Illustrators Exhibition in 2021.

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About the illustrator

Ella Beech

Ella Beech is an artist and illustrator who studied fine art before working as a designer and art director in children’s publishing for 20 years. Having completed a postgraduate degree in children’s book illustration at Cambridge School of Art, she is now an associate lecturer on the same course, as well as a freelance illustrator. She works in traditional media, experimenting with bold compositions and a twist of offbeat humour in her work. She was highly commended in the Macmillan Prize for Illustration in 2022 and was a finalist in the Bologna Illustrators Exhibition in 2021.

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About the illustrator

Ella Beech

Ella Beech is an artist and illustrator who studied fine art before working as a designer and art director in children’s publishing for 20 years. Having completed a postgraduate degree in children’s book illustration at Cambridge School of Art, she is now an associate lecturer on the same course, as well as a freelance illustrator. She works in traditional media, experimenting with bold compositions and a twist of offbeat humour in her work. She was highly commended in the Macmillan Prize for Illustration in 2022 and was a finalist in the Bologna Illustrators Exhibition in 2021.

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About the Author

Clement C. Moore was born and lived in New York City, where he was a prominent landowner and local figure. After studying at what is now Columbia University he was active as a real estate developer, helping to create the city’s Chelsea neighbourhood – it was open countryside owned by Moore until the 1820s. Today a park in Chelsea is named after him. Moore was also a professor of Oriental and Greek history at a theological college in New York, and served as a trustee of Columbia for several decades, but today is far better known for The Night Before Christmas, published anonymously in 1823 in the New York Sentinel and only acknowledged by Moore two decades later, claiming that he had written it to amuse his children for Christmas in 1822.