Kay thompson and hilary knight created four more eloise books, eloise in paris, eloise at christmas, eloise in moscow, and eloise takes a bawth. Eloise at christmastime by kay thompson, hilary knight. The precocious sixyearold manhattanite of kay thompsons beloved eloise books gets into the holiday spirit while playing cupid in this madefortv comedy. Eloise at christmastime is a classic which still holds up even in todays digital modernity. Eloise is a series of childrens books written in the 1950s by kay thompson 19091998 and illustrated by hilary knight b. Eloise at christmastime is a 2003 americancanadian madefortelevision liveaction film based on the 1958 book of the same name written by kay thompson and illustrated by hilary knight. A book for precocious grownups this is where we first meet eloise.
Thompson and knight followed up eloise 1955 with four sequels eloise is a young girl who lives in the room on the tippytop floor of the plaza hotel in new york city with her nanny, her pug dog, weenie, and her turtle, skipperdee. You can listen to the full audiobook eloise audio collection. Eloise at christmastime book by kay thompson author and hilary knight illustrator. Kay thompsons eloise eloise and the very secret room i read aloud picture book duration. Eloise at christmastime by kay thompson and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Eloise at christmastime by hilary knight and kay thompson 1999, picture book at the best. Editions of eloise at christmastime by kay thompson. In that regard, its more similar to eloise takes a bawth than the earlier eloise books that were more complicated. Eloise at christmastime has a very simple and fairly short storyline focusing on eloise and nannys preparations for celebrating christmas at home on top of the plaza. A dramatic reading, performed by the ramsden girls. An audiobook version of eloise, narrated by bernadette peters, was released in october 2015 to coincide with the 60th. Eloise, eloise in paris, eloise at christmas for free at format.