BILINGUAL EDITION: ITALIAN - ENGLISH
Winners of coveted Moonbeam, Nautilus, Purple Dragonfly, International Latino Book, and Italy’s “Salva la tua lingua locale” awards. Story Monsters Approved! Readers’ Favorite five-star rated!
Original English:
'Twas the night before Christmas,
when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring,
not even a mouse.
Italian translation (one of 19 available languages):
Era la notte di Natale,
quando in casa e in giardino,
nulla si muoveva,
neanche un topolino.
There’s a lot more stirring in this house than a mouse…
For the first time, the holiday classic, ’Twas the Night Before Christmas, comes to life in an award-winning series of bilingual books in languages from Italian to Spanish, Hindi to Chinese! Look for our Milanese, Neapolitan, Salentino, and Sicilian versions, as well, to pass down your cherished dialect in a playful way for the children!
These delightful reincarnations of America’s favorite poem celebrate its 200th anniversary! Nestled snug in their beds, kids and families will rediscover the beloved story of Santa’s magical flight!
Available in 20 languages to enchant a new generation of world citizens! Circle the globe, enjoying Santa’s story in your choice of English with Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian (Milanese, Neapolitan, Salentino, and Sicilian dialects), Malayalam, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Sinhala, Spanish, and Ukrainian.
Did you know that these treasured verses, first published by Clement Clarke Moore in 1823, introduced the iconic image of a big-bellied Santa coming down the chimney? In the modern world, everyone knows Santa arrives on the rooftop with the clatter of eight tiny reindeer, but did anyone realize that, 200 short years ago, it was this very poem that told us!?! How lucky we are to share Santa’s magic!
Paperbacks and ebooks include:
- Original ’Twas the Night Before Christmas story in English
- Translations by native speakers into 19 languages
- New illustrations for the story’s 200th anniversary
- Brand new loveable mouse character!
A holiday celebration essential, this unique series makes perfect stocking stuffers for the young readers in your life!
AVAILABLE IN BILINGUAL PAPERBACK, EBOOK & ENHANCED BOOK SERIES!
Children enjoy our enhanced ebook of ’Twas the Night Before Christmas series with audio narration by native speakers, highlighting read-along text to boost literacy and language-learning, and playful animation throughout. Let them listen to the story over and over again! Available on Apple Books and Google Play.
We are delighted that this book series has been recognized by Moonbeam Children’s Book Award, International Latino Book Award, Italy’s “Salva la tua lingua locale” award (for translations into Italian dialects), Nautilus Book Award, Purple Dragonfly Award, and is Story Monsters Approved! A five-star review from Readers’ Favorite, too!
Visit Christmas200.com to go behind the scenes and see how this unique bilingual series was created by a team of over 80 translators, narrators, and illustrators from around the world!
Clergyman and scholar, Clement Clarke Moore, born in New York in 1779, became a household name in the USA by writing the most famous holiday poem in America's history. This poem, originally entitled "A Visit from Saint Nicholas," published in Troy, New York, on December 23, 1823, is now known as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas." This poem shaped the public view of Saint Nicholas: giving him a big, round belly, a hearty laugh, and a reindeer-drawn sleigh that carries him around the world.
Educated as an electrical engineer, Sally M. Veillette moved to her ancestral home on the Italian island of Sicily to raise her daughter. There, she developed "relational tourism" programs that included hosting groups to cook with Italian grandmothers, assisting in English language camps for local children, and facilitating local soccer tournaments with A.C. Milan's youth team. After completing a playful translation of ''Twas the Night Before Christmas into Italian for her daughter, Chiara, she was inspired to create a multilingual collection of the classic poem. Today, Sally and her team of 80 helpers across twenty nations have successfully published the poem in 20 languages with print, ebook, and enhanced editions with animation and narration available. Sally M. Veillette is also the author of the award-winning Coming to Your Senses: Soaring with Your Soul, as well as Sicilian history books for children and tourists.
