‘Twas the Night Before Christmas is a poem that I remember being read to me as a little girl and one that I read to my children when they were younger too. It has stood the test of time and now in 2021 artist P.J. Lynch has added his glorious drawings to the poem to create this beautiful book.

The pages are glossy, the illustrations quite dark, and yet they radiate from the page. They take you back in time to an era before technology to a simpler and more relaxed place. They have a wonderful Victorian feel to then, my favourite era, and capture the words of Clement C. Moore perfectly.

This hardback edition is roughly A4 size but opens in landscape. The illustrations are full-page with the wording written in cream boxes in or at the side of the images.

There is certainly a festive feel to the book and whether reading a bedtime story is a tradition that has been going for years or this is the first year of doing it, you can’t go wrong with the most festive poem there is and sharing the joy of Christmas.

A truly amazing book that will be treasured for many years to come.