The Principal's Night Before Christmas

by Steven L. Layne

Book Overview

"'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the town
All the students and teachers had settled right down."

Though everybody else has settled down for a long winter's nap, poor Principal Swell has his hands full. With state-mandated paperwork, computers to fix, bus routes to unknot, not to mention discipline and field trips and all the concerned parents, it seems he 1/2ll never get back home to his own family Suddenly the school...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589802527
• ISBN13: 9781589802520
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.6" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Satisfied!

I'm very pleased with the book and the delivery of the book. We used this book to share with our principal before the Christmas holidays and it turned out great! It's a cute book.

The Principal's Night before Christmas

I had seen the "teacher's night before" book and needed something special for my favorite principal. While it focuses on an elementary school, the high school principal found it every bit as fun! Better than even a home-baked something because it is calorie free!

Great gift for your Principal!

I gave this to my Princial for Christmas and she made a point of telling me how much she "loved it"! Creative 'take-off' of a classic!

THE AUTHOR AND ARTIST CERTAINLY NAILED THIS ONE!

What a wonderful book. What a wonderful gift this would make for your local principal, or any teacher, for that matter. The author has used the old Night Before Christmas poem and modified it to fit school principals. The book is actually hilarious as it is so, so true. The author has pulled no punches here, from some of the brat kids in this school, to the impossible to please parent, to the poor harrassed bus driver to has threatened to quit - all the very day, real life problems are there. The text is easy to read as it is quite familiar and the art work by James Rice is first rate. No spoilers here, so I won't tell you how it ends. Recommend this one for both kids and adults.

So True...

If you have ever worked in a school the week before Christmas, you will love this book. It captures the chaotic Christmas atmosphere in a very funny way. A great gift for a principal.