cover image The Teddy Bears' Night Before Christmas

The Teddy Bears' Night Before Christmas

Clement Clarke Moore. Scholastic, $12.95 (40pp) ISBN 978-0-590-03243-8

Visions of I Spy may dance through young readers' heads when they see these photos of the Kissenbear family awaiting a visit from Jolly Old St. Nick--Stevenson's crisp, colorful world of toys suggests the work of Walter Wick. Kids (and older toy lovers, especially) will delight in the handmade teddy bears and the flying reindeer. Ages 3-7. (Oct.)