Eloise at Christmastime - by Kay Thompson (Hardcover)

About the Book

First published more than 40 years ago, this classic Eloise tale shows that Christmas at the Plaza is a time for giving earmuffs to bellboys and getting diamond sparkles from Nanny. Illustrations.

Book Synopsis

Yes
Here she is at Christmastime
Complete with tinsel and holly
Singing fa la la la lolly
And over the roar of the jingle bells
You can hear hear hear her say
It's absolutely Christmas
But I don't mind a bit
I give everyone a present
For that's the thing of it
So when it's everly Christmastime
And you're under your Christmas trees
Simply tinkle a bell and have a trinkle
And remember
Me
Eloise

From the Back Cover

Eloise at Christmastime, the trinkling adventures of Eloise at The Plaza during the holiday season, was the third collaboration by Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight. Now back in print for the first time in nearly forty years, this sparkling edition includes four new pictures and all-new jacket art by Hilary Knight.

Review Quotes

Gloria Vanderbilt I am engaged by the thought that Eloise will be let loose into the millennium.

Noel Coward Frankly, I adore Eloise.

Roz Chast Eloise is smart and funny and knows how to get around annoying adults.

About the Author

Kay Thompson (1909-1998) was a singer, dancer, vocal arranger, and coach of many MGM musicals in the 1940s. The Eloise character grew out of the voice of a precocious six-year-old that Miss Thompson put on to amuse her friends. Collaborating with Hilary Knight on what was an immediate bestseller, Kay Thompson became a literary sensation when Eloise was published in 1955. The book has sold more than two million copies to date. Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight created four more Eloise books, Eloise in Paris, Eloise at Christmas, Eloise in Moscow, and Eloise Takes a Bawth.

Hilary Knight, son of artist-writers Clayton Knight and Katharine Sturges, was educated at the Art Students League, where he studied with Reginald Marsh. Besides the Eloise books, Hilary Knight has illustrated more than fifty books for children, six of which he wrote himself. He lives and works in New York City, not far from The Plaza Hotel.