The Soldier's Night Before Christmas

I found this book yesterday for Littlebear. What a sweet story. I want to buy one for every military family I know. So go find it in your library.

Love, Ang

Amazon sez:

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 3–This version of the Clement Moore poem takes place on a U.S. Army base in the desert. The narrator wakes up when he hears a crash, and sees a Blackhawk helicopter giving the all clear to nine Humvees and a jeep, all loaded with gifts. Sergeant McClaus calls the drivers by name: Now, Cohen! Mendoza! Woslowski! McCord! Now, Li! Watts! Donetti! And Specialist Ford! When the caravan leaves, the sergeant calls out, HAPPY CHRISTMAS, BRAVE SOLDIERS! MAY PEACE COME TO ALL! Cartoon illustrations help to make this a lighthearted, even humorous, retelling that will probably be most appreciated by military families who already know the original version.

–Virginia Walter, University of California, Los Angeles Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Book Description

"'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the base

Only sentries were stirring--they guarded the place.

The soldiers were sleeping and snoring away

As they dreamed of 'back home' on good Christmas Day..."

One Christmas Eve at a military barracks in the Middle East, some homesick soldiers are paid a visit by Sergeant McClaus, the Santa of Soldiers. This lively and poignant tale is inspired by Clement C. Moore's classic yuletide poem.