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The Nightmare Before Christmas

by Tim Burton

A Halloweenland spin on Christmas

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A Halloweenland spin on Christmas

Jack Skellington is tired of his familiar role as Halloweenland’s source of scares and tries to bring his town a different kind of joy by taking Santa’s place. His Christmas delivery—creepy toys and a sleigh pulled by skeletal reindeer—shows how far his good intentions are from the holiday he hopes to create. The story’s central contrast between Halloween imagery and Christmas traditions gives the picture book its comic premise, while Jack’s misadventure leads to a lesson about the meaning of Christmas.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 4–8, the listed target audience for this edition.
  • Families seeking a humorous picture-book take on Halloween and Christmas imagery.
  • Fans of Jack Skellington and Tim Burton’s Halloweenland premise.

Themes

Good intentions and unintended consequencesHalloween and Christmas traditionsFinding meaning in a holiday

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Book overview

In this beloved picture book that could only come from the visionary mind of author and illustrator TIM BURTON, we meet Jack Skellington-- a well-intentioned inhabitant of Halloweenland.
Jack is bored of "the scaring, the terror, the fright....tired of being something that goes bump in the night". And so, in an effort to bring to joy to his town, Jack kidnaps Santa and takes his place as the jolly old elf. But instead of bringing joy to the world Jack, who is a little more than a grinning skeleton, brings fear by delivering creepy toys and riding a sleigh carried by skeletal reindeer.
Only through a number of things going horribly wrong does Jack learn the true meaning of Christmas.
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