Hillbilly Night Afore Christmas: The Night Before Christmas
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Overview
Celebrate the holidays in Appalachia mountain country in Hillbilly Night Afore Christmas, a delightful version of the classic verse by Clement C. Moore.
James Rice, illustrator of the bestselling Cajun Night Before Christmas, has teamed up with Thomas Noel Turner, a long-time resident of the Appalachian region and professor of education at the University of Tennessee, to add winsome dimension to the enchanting tale.
- Title: Hillbilly Night Afore Christmas
- Authors: Thomas N. Turner, James Rice
- Series: The Night Before Christmas
- Publisher: Pelican Publishing
- Print Publication Date: 2022
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 32
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781455605736, 9780882893679, 088289367X, 1455605735
- Resource ID: LLS:9781455605736
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-21T15:50:31Z
A transplanted Yankee, Dr. Thomas Noel Turner has been a professor of education at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville since 1970. He quickly grew to love the mountain people, their language, independence, and culture. Out of this appreciation for people of Appalachia came Hillybilly Night Afore Christmas. Dr. Turner is the author of two books on teaching methods.
Illustrator James Rice, well-known for his Gaston the Green-Nosed Alligator Series and Cajun Night Before Christmas is widely acclaimed as the South’s leading illustrator of juvenile books.