Night Before Christmas board book Reviews Summary

Book Quality

Pros:

• "The pages are nice and thick and the illustrations are gorgeous."
• "The quality and illustration are beautiful."
• "The construction of the book was wonderful."
• "Also the book is sturdy with little ones!"
• "Best quality I’ve seen. Thick pages on good paper, excellent artwork, well bound."
• "The book is good quality."
• "Very sturdy, well constructed book with thick, glossy pages."

Cons:

• "Whole book is warped to the point that it affects how the pages turn."
• "The book was very poorly made. There were pages that were not cut, and several that did not get bound."
• "It’s a little disappointing that this book may not last that long."
• "Purchased new, received used. The edges were scuffed up, the pages inside were bent."
• "Several pages arrives torn. This knocked off 2 stars."
• "Unfortunately upon arrival, several pages were stuck together and damaged."
• "I especially did not expect the binding to be coming undone on several pages."

Illustrations

Pros:

• "The illustrations are gorgeous."
• "Beautifully illustrated."
• "Gorgeous illustrations and fold out pages for panoramic scenes."
• "Most beautiful illustrations of this story that I have ever seen."
• "The Santa Claus picture on the front is so special and joyful."
• "The illustrations in this book are beautiful."
• "The illustrations are perfect."

Cons:

• "The classic story is printed completely on one page without illustrations."
• "I ordered this book on the basis of numerous reviews extolling the books beautiful imagery. Contrary to these reviews I found the images to lack sharpness and a general clarity."
• "Illustrations are a little subdued as far as colors."
• "However, having bought this for reading with children I found the colors inside the book to be somewhat consistently dull and drab and less appealing to keeping a child's interest."
• "The illustrations... though very beautiful, looked faded and were hard to see! They were reproduced in a very monotone, blue grey color."
• "The pictures are not colorful on many pages in the beginning of the book."
• "The pictures do not hold my child's attention and I understand why. They are mostly dark and dull, except for the ones of Santa."

Design & Durability

Pros:

• "Perfect size for little hands."
• "The fold out page is just an added bonus."
• "Great book, no issues, came in perfect condition."
• "The book is large and the illustrations are beautiful."
• "This book is big and beautiful."
• "And I love the two page fold out in the middle of the book of Santa and his sleigh in the sky."
• "Illustrations are fantastic and some of the pages open up to larger pictures."

Cons:

• "I hate the center fold out. Nice in theory, impractical for reading."
• "You do have to be careful with the fold out pages."
• "I'm a little disappointed with the pictures in this book. They were very muted."
• "I wasn't comfortable with those, so I tore a few pages out for an edited version."
• "There is one part of the book that both sides of the pages fold out and is hard to read and show at the same time."
• "Misleading about the foldout pages. There is only one set."
• "It is very cumbersome and doesn’t add to the book. Definitely hard to read with kids."

Tradition & Sentiment

Pros:

• "I figured everyone needs a 'Night Before Christmas' book."
• "I Love this Book. It turned out better than I expected."
• "I thought this was a wonderful idea and found this book to start the tradition."
• "I purchased this for my 17 month old Grandson for his new tradition of Christmas Eve reading."
• "A childhood memory, now this classic is a timeless gift to our grandchildren for their family's starting their own traditional reading on Christmas Eve."
• "I can't wait to make reading this book a holiday family tradition."
• "I bought this because I loved it as a child and am glad that it holds up for the next generation."

Cons:

• "It’s smaller than I thought it would be."
• "I just can't do this Christmas picture book and poem without one single illustration of a Christmas tree."
• "Expected it to be a little bigger and thicker heavier."
• "Also a little too long for little ones."
• "The extra wide pages make this book difficult to read."
• "Graphics and artwork was terrific. What I did not like was that it was not mentioned that the book itself had fold out pages which makes it very hard to turn pages with white gloves on."
• "Why on earth would this “classic edition” have a sticker right on the cover. It ruined the cover of the book."