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I am featuring two very special Christmas books this week about Christmas trees. I love them both.
The first is called The Little Fir Tree by Margaret Wise Brown. It is an amazingly moving book about a tree that is dug up every winter just in time for Christmas to be taken to a little boy who is bedridden. When Christmas is over he is returned to the woods to grow and wait.
The tree looks forward to making this special trip be part of the celebration while the seasons come and go.
One year the man doesn’t come and the tree starts to worry and dislike the now frozen world around him. As Christmas nears the man comes with the whole family including the little boy walking on his own.
The tree gets to celebrate Christmas in his home this year bedecked with berries, apples, and cookies!
The second book is called Night Tree by Eve Bunting. One Christmas Eve as a family sets out into the woods to find a tree.
When they find the perfect tree, they decorate it with popcorn, apples, sunflower seed balls, and tangerines for the animals that live in the woods to feast on. They spread breadcrumbs beneath the tree as well as nuts and apples.
After the decorating is done the family spreads out a blanket and sings songs while sipping on hot chocolate.
When they finish, they pack up their things and leave the tree for the animals to enjoy!
Both of these books have wonderful illustrations and messages. I hope you get the opportunity to read them both during the Christmas season.
What did we do?
Decorated a JDaniel’s Tree
When JDaniel was six months, old my husband planted a tree for him. It is still small and so it is easy for JDaniel to help decorate.
I strung together a cranberry garland for his tree and JDaniel created decorated pinecones with peanut butter and bird seeds.
This post is linked to Feed Me Books Friday, Link and Learn, Let’s BEE Friends, La La Home Daycare and It’s Playtime.
The second book I have and love, and I really like J Daniel’s cutely decorated tree outdoors!
That little tree of JDaniel’s is just precious!
Two great authors! Although I haven’t read The Little Fir Tree. That is so cool that JDaniel has his own tree. We’ve planted two trees since the boys were born but not in honor of their birth. My three year old actually helped to plant one of them. Maybe I should just assign them both a tree and let them decorate it like that. They’d love it! Thanks for the idea!!
What a moving story that 1st book is. I have to look out for these books. Love that cute little tree of JDaniel’s! 🙂
I’d like to read the Eve Bunting book – her books are always so good!
Such a cute little tree!
How nice that JDaniels has his own tree! We read the first book, but not the second one. Both look lovely!
When I was a 3rd grade teacher, seems like a lifetime ago, I always read The Night Tree to my class. Eve Buntings’ books are amazing and have such special messages. I also love Margaret Wise Brown. It has been awhile since I read The Fir Tree. I will have to find it to share with my son.
I always love checking out the books your recommend. And now there are more for us to read. Thanks!
Hi! Thank you for stopping by my blog & for inviting me to link up my fingerprint candy cane project! 🙂
Love this! THank you so much for sharing and linking it up to the Holiday Hop of Goodies! You are such a fun mom! Susie