{"product_id":"eloise-at-christmastime-9780689830396","title":"Eloise at Christmastime","description":"\u003cb\u003eYes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Here she is at Christmastime\u003cbr\u003e Complete with tinsel and holly\u003cbr\u003e Singing fa la la la lolly\u003cbr\u003e And over the roar of the jingle bells\u003cbr\u003e You can hear hear hear her say\u003cbr\u003e It's absolutely Christmas\u003cbr\u003e But I don't mind a bit\u003cbr\u003e I give everyone a present\u003cbr\u003e For that's the thing of it\u003cbr\u003e So when it's everly Christmastime\u003cbr\u003e And you're under your Christmas trees\u003cbr\u003e Simply tinkle a bell and have a trinkle\u003cbr\u003e And remember\u003cbr\u003e Me\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eEloise\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKay 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 \u003ci\u003eEloise\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eEloise in Paris, Eloise at Christmas, Eloise in Moscow, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEloise Takes a Bawth.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHilary 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50605693632786,"sku":"9780689830396","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c50e1202-cb86-48d7-8ec4-88708de3cc05.jpg?v=1732281421","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/eloise-at-christmastime-9780689830396","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}