Clement C. Moore's poem is the one every child eventually meets. This is the edition to meet it in. Jan Brett paints the snowbound house at night, the children asleep under an arch of gingerbread and candy, a cat curled up beside them, and Saint Nicholas coming in over the hills behind his reindeer in a sleigh worked in gold.

Her borders do the extra work. Around the edge of every spread sit little framed scenes and ornaments that carry their own quiet story while the poem runs through the middle, so the book keeps giving a child something new to find long after they can recite the words.

This is the board edition, sized and built for the youngest end of the audience: thick board pages, 7.56 by 6.31 inches, small enough for a one year old to carry to you and solid enough to survive December being read every single night.

Board book, 30 pages, 7.56 by 6.31 in with a 0.67 in spine. A poem by Clement C. Moore, illustrated by Jan Brett. G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, 2020. ISBN-13 9781984816825. Publisher age guidance: 1 to 3 years.

If Christmas board books are what you are after, Peter Rabbit: The Christmas Star sits in the same size for the same age. For an older reader, The Christmas Boot is the other Jan Brett Christmas title we keep, a full size picture book she illustrated.