the year of the perfect christmas tree by gloria houston

'A heartwarming holiday story, simply told and graced with true sentiment rather than sentimentality.'-Kirkus Reviews. Jewel-like paintings by two-time Caldecott Medal winner Barbara Cooney capture all of the season's warmth and mountain flavor. But the way they work together to keep their family's duty is rendered in a harmonious blending of text and pictures.Ĭopyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.Īcclaimed author Gloria Houston has written a tale that is as joyful and timeless as Christmas itself. Ruthie and her mother wonder how they will fulfill their obligation of getting the perfect Christmas tree to the town for the holiday celebration, since Papa has left the Appalachian area to go to war.

Publication date 1988 Topics Christmas trees. Ruthie is more or less an observer her mother is the real heroine. The year of the perfect Christmas tree : an Appalachian story by Houston, Gloria. An accomplished, fluid telling garnishes this simple story, as do Cooney's moonlit paintings of wintry evenings and the welcoming glow of fire and lanterns. Their trip becomes the basis - overnight - of a new town legend Ruthie, chosen for the role of the heavenly angel in the the church Christmas play, finds herself outfitted in a made-over wedding dress of the finest silk - another 'miracle' wrought by her hardworking mother. Ruthie had accompanied her father to the rocky cliff where he marked a tree in the spring, so she and her mother set out to find it again, and haul it home. In using the routine set out by Isabel Beck, and adding my own visuals for my ESOL children. So, in accordance with the traditions of Pine Grove, it falls to Ruthie and her mother to bring home the perfect Christmas tree to donate to the town. This is a 5 day routine that is designed to fit the book.

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The year of the perfect christmas tree by gloria houston