![]() ![]() She’s barely doing her job at the counter, and is instead judging all the plebeians around her because she is SO above working. We meet our protagonist Reva Dalby, the spoiled daughter of Shadyside’s department store tycoon. But seriously, to all our Jewish readers, I hope you had a pleasant Chanukah! And I ate far too many of these bad boys this year with NO regrets. Therefore, it just made sense to pick up “Silent Night”, one of the “Fear Street” Super Chillers! Had Stine written a book based on Chanukah I would have read that too (he could have called it “Eight DEADLY Nights” or some shit), but as it is, we get us some Christmas themed scares. Stine felt festive while writing his “Fear Street” books I, too, thought that I could get in the spirit of the continuing season. The Plot: Chanukah may have passed us, but my Jewish/non-denominational turned secular household still has Christmas/Yule/whatever to look forward to, and given that R.L. Someone is stalking her, someone is trying to get to her.Īfter all, who can you turn to when murder comes gift-wrapped? Holiday cheer quickly turns to holiday chills for Reva. Robbery? Terror? Even murder? Someone wants to treat Reva to a holiday she’ll never forget. ![]() Now, someone has some surprises in store for her. After all, her daddy owns Dalby Department Stores. Reva thinks she can have whatever-and whoever-she wants. If only Reva Dalby had listened to that warning.īut beautiful, cold Reva won’t listen to anyone. Where Did I Get This Book: An eBook from the library!īook Description: Don’t open that present! Recommended to anyone seeking picture-book presentations of this carol, as well as to those who are, like me, admirers of Dusíková's work.Book: “Silent Night” (A Fear Street Super Chiller) by R.L. I loved the use of color and of light here, and the way the setting shifted from Austria to the Holy Land, and then back again. All told, I think I prefer this version done by Dusíková, whose artwork I have also enjoyed in Dorothea Lachner's The Gift from Saint Nicholas and Selma Lagerlöf's What the Shepherd Saw, both of which are also Christmas books. Originally published in Switzerland as Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht, this is the third picture-book presentation of this carol that I have read, following upon the ones done by Susan Jeffers and Lara Hawthorne. A brief note from the illustrator lays out the history of the carol - written on Christmas Eve in 1818, by Father Joseph Mohr, the priest of Oberndorf, Austria, and set to music by church organist Franz Gruber - while the main body of the book is given over to the beautiful words of this song, and the lovely illustrations of Dusíková. The words of the classic Christmas carol, Silent Night - Stille Nacht in the original German - are paired with the luminous artwork of Slovakian illustrator Maja Dusíková in this beautiful holiday picture-book. Silent Night, Holy Night, illustrated by Maja Dusíková The scenes with the angels were particularly well done, making it no surprise that they ended up on the cover of the new edition. Although Jeffers, who has done quite a few well-received fairy-tale retellings as well, is not one of my very favorite illustrators, I do enjoy her work, and this was no exception. I was reminded of candle-lit Christmas Eve carol services I have attended, over the years. With such a simple text, there isn't much of a "story," but the artwork fills in the blanks, and when read while listening to a recording of the carol - I chose a performance done by The Deller Consort, myself - the experience is quite evocative. Reissued in 2003 with new cover art, Susan Jeffers' interpretation of this beloved carol was first published in 1984, and it is this earlier edition that I read. The result is a gentle, contemplative Nativity story that makes for a wonderfully quiet reading experience. Each two-page spread features a sentence or two, with full-page color illustrations depicting the scene being mentioned in the text. The classic Christmas carol Silent Night - "Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht" in the original, it was composed by an Austrian priest named Joseph Mohr, set to music by local schoolmaster and oragnist Franz Xaver Gruber, and first performed in Oberndorf bei Salzburg in 1818 - is used as the text for this lovely holiday book, with accompanying artwork by Susan Jeffers. Silent Night, illustrated by Susan Jeffers.
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