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The Night Before New Year's

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Night Before New Year's
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Natasha Wing
Illustrated by Amy Wummer
SeriesThe Night Before
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:32
Dimensions(mm): Height 203,Width 203
ISBN/Barcode 9780448452128
Audience
Children / Juvenile

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint Grosset & Dunlap Inc.,U.S.
Publication Date 25 November 2009
Publication Country United States

Description

The newest title in Natasha Wing?s bestselling Night Before series! It?s the night before New Year?s, and the whole family is determined to stay up until midnight! Everyone?s stocked up on sparkly streamers and festive party hats, but after a night filled with card games and too many cupcakes, the little ones are getting sleepy. . . Can they make it until the clock strikes twelve?

Author Biography

Natasha Wing was born in Milford, Connecticut in 1960. At the age of 20 she moved to Arizona where she finished college at Arizona State University in 1982 with a B.S. in Advertising. In 1988 she married Daniel Wing and moved to Northern California where she worked in advertising for a number of years. It wasn't until 1991 that she decided to write children's books. Luckily she sold her first book, Hippity Hop, Frog on Top, within 6 months and has been writing children's books and articles ever since. Her second book, Jalapeno Bagels, came out in June 1996 with Atheneum Books. The Night Before Easter, was published with Putnam All Aboard Books. She has also been published in Humpty Dumpty's Magazine, Girls' Life, and Hopscotch for Girls, and has two recipes in Writers in the Kitchen. Birthday- February 7thPets- Siberian husky, Sabaka, and cat, JemimaProfessional- Member of Society of Children's Book Writers & IllustratorsFavorite Children's Books- Polar Express, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Cat in the Hat, The Golden CompassFavorite Season- FallFavorite Tree- MapleFavorite Color- Cranberry redFavorite Cookie- Oatmeal Raisin with Vanilla ChipsReason for writing The Night Before Easter- "I wrote The Night Before Easter for parents to read at bedtime so children could go to sleep with sweet dreams of jelly beans dancing in their heads."