The Nightmare Before Christmas

Locations
Call Number: Kids Book / Holidays / Christmas / Burton, Tim
On Shelf At: Traverwood Branch, Westgate Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Traverwood Storage Kids 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Holidays / Christmas / Burton, Tim	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Storage Kids 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Holidays / Christmas / Burton, Tim	4-week checkout	On Shelf

"20th anniversary edition."
When the king of Halloween decides he wants a new holiday, Christmas will never be the same.

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The Movie Is Better Than the Book! By a LOT! submitted by Meginator on July 25, 2022, 10:26pm This picture book version of “The Nightmare Before Christmas” is essentially a condensed version of the film, with intricate linework and inconsistent shading giving the illustrations a suitably creepy feeling. The text itself inconsistently follows a rhythmic rhyming pattern, which makes it stutter in a way that does not actually enhance the story despite the uneasiness it creates for the reader. The odd writing and the abbreviated, sudden ending give the book a slightly awkward feeling outside of the deliberately off-kilter subject matter. While this book was never going to have the depth or the magic inherent in the film, I still found it to be a bit of a disappointment, an unimaginative adaptation that doesn’t quite come together and that doesn’t understand or properly execute its adopted format.