A Hustler’s Wife (Urban Books)

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  • ID: 5950
  • Added: 2025-10-27
  • Updated: 2025-10-27
  • Reviews: 2
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ebay.com · Unknown · 2025-11-13
excellent 4.50

The reviewer loves this Christmas story and particularly enjoys the illustrations in this edition, especially the lights on Santa's sleigh and Santa's face. They appreciate the silver writing on the front cover and find the pictures to be the best they've seen.

The reviewer has a deep affection for this classic Christmas story, so much so that they already own a copy at home and chose to borrow this edition from the library as well. What sets this version apart for them is the stunning illustrations by P. J. Lynch. The reviewer is particularly captivated by the lights on Santa's sleigh and the depiction of Santa's face on the page where it says “his nose like a cherry”. They also appreciate the tactile experience of the silver writing on the front cover, which feels nice to the touch. The detailed pictures in this book are a standout feature, making it a wonderful choice for young children to pore over while listening to the familiar rhyming words of the poem. This edition, published by Walker Books, is praised for its timeless quality and is seen as a book that multiple generations will enjoy sharing together year after year.


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    I love this Christmas story. I already had this story at home and I chose to borrow it from the library too, but the pictures in this book are the best

    I love the lights on Santa’s sleigh and I love Santa’s face on the page where it says “his nose like a cherry

    The writing on the front cover is silver and feels nice.

bookdelivery.com · Unknown · 2025-11-13
brilliant 5.00

The reviewer found 'Twas the Night Before Christmas' to be a beautiful, charming, and timeless poem that conjures up many ideas associated with Christmas. They appreciated the illustrations and the joy found in the poem, even as an adult, and plan to read it again in the future.

The reviewer was delighted to read 'Twas the Night Before Christmas' in its entirety for the first time. They found the poem beautiful and charming, conjuring up many ideas we associate with Christmas today, such as Santa's sleigh and stockings hanging from the mantlepiece. The edition they read was from 1912, illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith, with the stockings illustration being their favorite. They also appreciated the poem's timeless quality, noting that apart from a few archaic words, it could have been written much more recently. The reviewer found much joy in the poem, even as an adult, and plans to read it again in the future, likely every Christmas.


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    Beautiful, charming and timeless. A delight to read.

    The edition I read was from 1912, via Project Gutenberg, and was beautifully illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.

    Even as an adult reading it, there is much joy to be found in the poem, and I have no doubt I will read the poem again, in its entirety, next year, and probably for all the Christmas’ after that!