Cowboy Night Before Christmas Coloring Book (The Night Before Christmas Series)

Children will delight in reading this clever rendition of theclassic poem, and coloring in James Rices celebrated artwork of two lonelycowboys, Old Saint Nicholas, and the ornery Longhorns they must try and get topull his sleigh.Cowboy NightBefore Christmas tells the story of two lonely cowboys huddled in a coldshack on Christmas eve, visited by an old man needing help to harness longhornsto his wagon. After riding out in the night and giving good cowboy assistance,they are amazed to see the man fly off with his wagon into the sky. Walking backto their shanty, they find on the floor some gifts of their own, and a messagefrom the Jolly Old Man himself.With hischaracteristic humor and inviting artwork, James Rice combines the spirit ofChristmas with the spirit of the range, and the result is a coloring bookconsistent with the quality of Rices other work, such as Cajun NightBefore Christmas and Gaston The Green-Nosed Alligator .James Rice is widely acclaimed as the Souths leading authorand illustrator of juvenile books. With more than a million and a half copies ofhis fifty-plus books in print, he ranks among the nations top authors andillustrators.

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!