Country Music Night Before Christmas

In this reworking of the classic The Night Before Christmas , atwist of country flair is added, making Santais appearance as grand as anyNashville show. Plastic wreaths and aluminum trees, along with a backdrop ofneighborhood houses ablaze with lights, electric angels, and snowmen, set thestage for an entrance unlike any other.Nestled behind the wheel of a red i56 Cadillac, Santa is joined by a livelygroup of elves who provide him with the music and melody to give one astoundingperformance that is pure country. From his white jean outfit and gold-studdedred leather boots to his distribution of presents to the beat of his bass, Santashows that a dash of country-western flair that makes the holiday season justright.About the AuthorThomas N. Turner is an assistant professor of education at the University ofTennessee, functioning as program area leader of holistic teaching/learning,which prepares elementary-school, special-education, and reading teachers.Turner has had over 2,000 articles published in professional journals andtextbooks and served as editor of the Tennessee Association of Middle SchoolJournals from 1995 to 2002. Turner is also the author of HillbillyNight Afore Christmas ($14.95), also published by Pelican.About the IllustratorFor over thirty years, James Rice has lent his talents to Pelican PublishingCompanyis Night Before Christmas series. Widely acclaimed as the Southisleading illustrator of juvenile books, Rice is the illustrator and/or author ofover sixty titles with almost two million copies in print. Rice was born on afarm in Coleman County, Texas, and currently resides in Hico, Texas. He hastaught art at the grammar-school, high-school, and university levels and enjoystalking to schoolchildren across the country about writing and art.Turner, Thomas N. is the author of 'Country Music Night Before Christmas' with ISBN 9781589801486 and ISBN 1589801482.