Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree by Robert E. Barry

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A classic picture book celebrating all the joy a Christmas tree can bring.

Christmas is here and Mr. Willowby's tree has arrived. There's just one big problem: The tree is too tall for his parlor. He cuts off the top so it will fit, and soon the top of that tree is passed along again and again to bring holiday cheer to all the animals in the forest.

Kids will love watching the tree move from home to home, and families will appreciate the subtle message of conservation and recycling, as the tree top spreads joy to so many of the forest dwellers.

This heartwarming story is the perfect way to start your yuletide season, and a warm addition to your family's festive holiday traditions.

This was one of my younger brother’s favorite books. My parents had enrolled him in the Weekly Reader Children’s Book Club and this was one of the books sent to him. It would become one that I read to him (he was four,) dozens of times. It would become one of my favorites, too.

"Mr. Willowby’s Christmas tree
Came by special delivery."

It’s lost none of its charm. It’s very much a book about giving, even if that giving is inadvertent. As a smaller and smaller tree top is given to one family after the other; to Mr. Willowby’s maid, then to his gardener, on to a passing bear, to a fox, a rabbit, and finally to a mouse whose house just happens to be in one of Mr. Willowby’s wall. No matter the size of their tree, all find joy in it.



"Oh, wasn’t it grand to have a tree–
Exactly like Mr. Willowby’s?"

I think anyone who reads the book will find joy, too.







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