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"Cute Little Children's Racing Book--Race Car Driver's Night Before Christmas"

How does Ol' Saint Nick tune up for that big sleigh ride on December 24? If kids are asking you that question, you can answer it with "Racecar Driver's Night Before Christmas" by Una Bell Townsend and illustrated by Rick Anderson. It's inspired by Clement C. Moore's classic "Night Before Christmas" and takes place on a superspeedway. A Christmas Eve special race is taking place...and to everyone's surprise...a tricked out car that would, on any other day, have officials bumblin' stumblin and mumblin made an appearance on track, decked out in tinsel and smellin' of pine...but hey, it IS Christmas Eve...and they did let him race.

We won't give away the story...but the drivers all went away happy.

The book is Race Car Driver's Night Before Christmas, by Una Bell Townsend and illustrated by Rick Anderson. It's published by Pelican Publishing Company (http://www.pelicanpub.com) . We will link to Pelican from our msrpk.com links page for books we've reviewed.

Note: If you are ever in the Johnson City New York area (our home base), you should make a stop at Your Home Public Library, 107 Main Street. After we review books for Race-Talk, we donate the gently read copies to the library, so others can read about the history and workings of auto racing.