Duvall, John The
Great Spruce Illustrated by Rebecca Gibbon
PICTURE BOOK G.P. Putnam’s Sons,
2016. $17.99 Content: G.
A little boy loves to climb trees and his favorite is a big beautiful
spruce tree that his grandpa has planted.
The tree is so beautiful that some men from the city ask the boy’s
parents if they can cut it down and use it for the Christmas tree in the city. The boy saves the tree and convinces the men
to dig it out so it can be returned after Christmas. It is decorated and celebrated and then
returned to the boy’s home.
This book
stirs a love for trees and it made me sad to think of all the trees that get
cut down at Christmas time. There is an
author’s note at the end that describes how trees can be transferred with
pictures and a history on the Rockefeller Christmas tree. The illustrations are fun but it’s hard to
tell how big the tree really is because it’s never depicted the same size.
EL (K-3) – OPTIONAL. Reviewer, C. Peterson.
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