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Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A lonely little fir tree, standing by itself at the edge of the forest, has its life transformed when a father takes it home to serve as a living Christmas tree for his bedridden son.
Author
Publisher
Clavis Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
This year, it's Little Tractor's turn to pick out the tree for Christmas. He chooses a beautiful young fir that's not too big and not too small. It's the perfect tree for Little Tractor and his friends to decorate! But wait--is it possible the young fir doesn't want to be a Christmas tree?
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the flora and fauna that inhabit a Christmas tree farm throughout the year and use the growing trees for a variety of purposes. Includes section on how the farmer takes care of the farm through the year.
5) Little tree
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[1987]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The poet/individualist's ode to a small tree decorated for Christmas and proud to receive admiring attention.
Author
Series
Publisher
Golden Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Join an excited little girl as she heads to a Christmas tree farm with her parents and dog. Some trees are crooked. Some are too big. Will the family find a tree that's just right for them?
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Facts and fun about Christmas trees from the creator of Strega Nona and Quiet. Who invented the first Christmas Tree? When and where did they become popular? Why did Teddy Roosevelt's son hide a Christmas Tree in his closet? A family learns all about Christmas trees and their legends in this imaginative and informative book from one of today's most popular children's authors."-- provided by publisher.
11) Everybody's tree
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Over the course of eighty years a spruce tree grows, along with the little boy who first selected it at a tree farm. At the end of its life, the tree is chosen to be the centerpiece of a city's holiday celebration"--
12) The great spruce
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The spruce tree his grandfather planted means a lot to Alec, so when men from the city want to use as a Christmas tree, Alec offers a compromise.
Author
Publisher
Running Press Kids
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Piney the Pine Tree has only ever wanted to be one thing: a special Christmas tree for a little girl named Georgie who planted him as a seed on her Grandpa Sid's Christmas tree farm. Finally, the winter arrives when Piney is ready to make his dream come true, but he is accidentally loaded onto a truck and whisked away from the tree farm! Thus begins Piney's adventure to find Georgie's house and to become her Christmas tree. Along with Georgie's dog,...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Merry, a small owl, yearns to go on a big adventure like the other birds in the forest and gets her wish when Hark, a Norway spruce, is picked to be the Rockefeller Christmas tree and both Merry and Hark are whisked away from their home. Based on the real-life tale of the tiny owl found in the 2020 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree.
Author
Publisher
Good Night Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Good Night Christmas Tree highlights Christmas tree farms, trimming the tree, decorating, creating homemade ornaments, Christmas lights, putting presents under the tree, city Christmas trees, country trees, Christmas Eve, Christmas carolers, and more.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After Christmas is over, the tree Fritz so enjoyed begins to droop and eventually Mom and Dad say it is time for it to go. Fritz must find a way to keep his tree and the happiness that gathers around it with him all through the year.
18) The perfect tree
Author
Publisher
Cameron Kids
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
On a quest for the perfect Christmas tree, and following her friends' advice, Bunny looks for one just her size, bushy as Squirrel's tail, perfectly pointy on top for a star, the greenest green, and smells like Christmas, but sometimes the perfect tree is the one surrounded by friends.
Author
Publisher
Clavis Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
It's almost Christmas. A small group of trees is waiting impatiently for the Christmas tree vendor to come and get them. What kind of family will bring them home? And what kinds of presents will land at their feet on Christmas Eve? The trees are sure about one thing: their sweet friend Little Tree is too little to be a Christmas tree this year. Are they right? --
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"It's time to decorate the tree for Christmas--but Grandad can't find any of his ornaments! The hunt for the missing decorations takes the children up and down in Grandad's bric-a-brac-filled house, then out into a winter wonderland. And when every ornament is on the tree at last, Grandad has a wonderful holiday surprise in store"--Back cover
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