Night Tree

By moonlight in the quiet forest, a young boy and his family decorate their favorite tree with popcorn, apples, tangerines, and sunflower-seed balls as a gift for the animals of the woods. “Sure to become a Christmas favorite, this beautifully illustrated story of a family’s unusual tradition brings to life the true spirit of Christmas.”—American Bookseller

Children's Literature

The tree in the meadow stands all alone,/ With fir-needle leaves and tiny cones,/ One family comes when the night is still,/ To decorate the tree for the animals fill./ Tangerines, apples, millet, seeds with honey,/ Strings of popcorn and berries cost little money./ The tree is lovely in Dad's lantern-light,/ "Oh, please, dear animals, come tonight./ But if they don't, we've completed our mission./ This tree is our gift to them, our yearly tradition." My poetic review provides the gist for a gem of a Christmas book . It may inspire your family to begin a special yearly tradition. 1995 (orig.

EVE BUNTING has written many books for children, including the Caldecott Medal-winning Smoky Night, illustrated by David Diaz, and Can You Do This, Old Badger? and Little Badger, Terror of the Seven Seas, both illustrated by LeUyen Pham. Ms. Bunting recently received the prestigious Kerlan Award. She lives in Southern California.