2016, GP Putnams Sons
32 pgs.
Goodreads rating: 3.72 (122 ratings)
My rating: 4
Endpapers: FRONT: Pineforest green with sprills, bugs, owls, birds, and even a mouse and a snail scattered across the page.
BACK: Same pine forest green with sprills, but with ornaments instead of fauna. Clever!
BACK: Same pine forest green with sprills, but with ornaments instead of fauna. Clever!
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My comments: I have, in recent years, fretted quite a bit about the huge coniferous tree that has been cut each year to adorn Rockefeller Center at Christmastime. This well-written book gives a grand message about ecology without being preachy. Cleverly done, Mr. Duvall! I loved the illustrations, they reminded me of some of the Golden Books I read as a child. Not just for Christmas, but for the whole year through.
Goodreads: Together with his grandpa, a young boy finds a way to save his favorite tree in this heartwarming Christmas tale
Alec loves to climb trees—the little apple trees, the wide willow trees, even the tall locust trees. But his favorite is the great spruce, with its sturdy trunk and branches that stretch up to the sky. Alec’s grandpa planted it as a sapling years and years before Alec was born, and every Christmas, Alec and his grandpa decorate the tree together, weaving tinsel and lights through its branches, making it shine bright.
But one day, a few curious men from the nearby city take notice of Alec’s glistening great spruce, and ask to take it away for their Christmas celebration. Though it’s a huge honor, Alec’s heartbroken at the idea of losing his friend. With great courage and creativity, Alec comes up with a plan to save his favorite tree in this joyful holiday tale.
Alec loves to climb trees—the little apple trees, the wide willow trees, even the tall locust trees. But his favorite is the great spruce, with its sturdy trunk and branches that stretch up to the sky. Alec’s grandpa planted it as a sapling years and years before Alec was born, and every Christmas, Alec and his grandpa decorate the tree together, weaving tinsel and lights through its branches, making it shine bright.
But one day, a few curious men from the nearby city take notice of Alec’s glistening great spruce, and ask to take it away for their Christmas celebration. Though it’s a huge honor, Alec’s heartbroken at the idea of losing his friend. With great courage and creativity, Alec comes up with a plan to save his favorite tree in this joyful holiday tale.
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