Told with a Texas twang, this tale features a dozen icons of the Lone Star state. Clever rhymes count down the days of Christmas, revealing such surprise gifts as silver spurs, oil wells, and armadillos. Festive illustrations fill the pages of this western romp.

 

This book has been graded for interest at 5-8 years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2011 by Pelican Publishing Co .

David Davis has written several children's picture books and has had titles named in Children's Choice Top 100 list. An active presenter at schools, conferences and libraries, David lives in Fort Worth, Texas. Learn more about him at www. davidrdavis. com. Ben Galbraith is an author and illustrator, he lives in New Zealand. Find out more at www. bengalbraith. co. nz. David Davis is the author of almost a dozen books with Pelican, including Jazz Cats, a 2002 Children's Book Choice selection; Librarian's Night Before Christmas; Nurse's Night Before Christmas; Ten Redneck Babies: A Southern Counting Book; Texas Aesop's Fables; Texas Mother Goose; and Texas Zeke and the Longhorn. Four of his books have earned spots on the Accelerated Reader list. He resides in Fort Worth, Texas. Illustrator Candace Camling teaches children's classes at Des Moines Art Center. After graduating as valedictorian from Kendall College of Art and Design, she went on to conceptualize plush toy designs and logos for Manley Toy Network. Camling is the illustrator of The Hiding Game, The Southern Twelve Days of Christmas, and The Twelve Days of Christmas-in Texas, That Is, all published by Pelican. When she's not illustrating, she enjoys cooking and sewing.