Twas translated into Chinese in edited version for the first time in 189 years

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Nov. 20, 2013 - PRLog -- ’Twas the Night Before Christmas released in Chinese by awarding winning anti-tobacco activist.
圣诞前夕

Edited by Santa Claus for the benefit of children of the 21st century.
此书由圣诞老人编辑成书，为二十一世纪的孩子们，

Written by Clement C. Moore
诗作者：克莱蒙特・莫尔

The tobacco epidemic and China according to recent studies:
-Smoking could eventually kill a third of all young Chinese men -China has the largest number of smoking-related deaths worldwide
-2,000 people in China every day die a tobacco-related death -Nearly 75% of all Chinese men are smokers -The only big causes of premature death that are growing rapidly are HIV and tobacco
-2/3 of Chinese people think smoking does not harm, 60% think it is not linked to lung cancer and 96% do not think it is a cause of heart disease.

This classic holiday poem was first published in a New York newspaper on December 23rd, 1823 and has been loved by readers of all ages ever since. This delightful poem is considered by many people to be the most famous poem ever written in the English language. Reading this poem has become an annual tradition for many families as they prepare for the arrival of Santa Claus and his merry reindeer on December 24th—Christmas Eve. This edition omitted the reference to Santa Claus smoking a pipe for the benefit of the youngest of readers to protect them from positive imagery of tobacco products. This edition is the first time such an edit has appeared. Resource Links, a children’s literary journal reviewed this book and gave it an “excellent” rating and the Midwest Book Review stated: The vibrantly colorful, friendly illustrations bring to life this wonderful read-aloud holiday storybook.

这首经典的节日诗篇首次出现于1823年12月23日的纽约报纸，甫一出版，立刻深受所��不同年龄读者的喜爱，直至今日。
这首欢乐明快的诗篇被很多读者视为英语诗歌里最著名的一首。许多家庭在一年一度的圣诞前夕准备迎接圣诞老人和欢
乐的驯鹿时都朗诵这首诗，这已作为传统而深入人心。这个新版本为了年幼读者免受烟草制品的影响，略去了诗中圣诞
老人抽烟管的两句诗句。新版本是首次出版。 儿童文学杂志《资讯万联》将这本书评为上乘之作。《中西部图书评论》
将这本新版书评论为“通俗易懂的插图加之活力四溢、丰富曼妙的颜色，让这本适合朗读的节日故事书栩栩如生。”

This edition won recognition in 2012–2013 by winning six book awards, four Benjamin Franklin Book Awards, a gold medal at the Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards and a first place at the Global International Ebook Awards.
Currently available in English, Spanish, French and Mandarin with other translations forthcoming. It is available in hard cover and soft cover in English, hard cover in Spanish and French, and as interactive enhanced electronic books.

新版本在 2012–2013 年度内荣获六项图书奖、四项本杰明· 富兰克林图书奖、月光束儿童书籍金奖和国际电子书大奖的
第一名。除了英文版之外，同时被译成西班牙文、法文、和中文出版，其他语种的译文正在进行中。英文版有平装和精
装两种，西班牙文和法文有精装版发行，同时还出版了加强互动特色的电子书。

Contact: publisher@twasthenightbeforechristmas.ca 604 563-0055
Twitter: @twas4kids
www.twasthenightbeforechristmas.ca

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