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The Christmas Tree Who Loved Trains
By Silvestro, Annie
- ISBN
- 9780062561688
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Harper
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2018 | XpressReviewsWebOnly
PreS-Gr 1—Silvestro tells this story from the tree's point of view. She grew up at the far edge of a tree farm and sits alone by the train track, loving the sound and feel of the trains rushing by. One morning, a train-loving boy and his father come to choose a Christmas tree and are taken with the solitary pine by the tracks. In a scene described but not illustrated, men come to dig up the tree, bind the roots in burlap, and send her home with the family. She is homesick and lonely, but on ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2019
A pine tree loves to watch trains. When a boy and his dad dig her up to take home, she misses the trains. Then she wakes on...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on March 1, 2019
A pine tree loves to watch trains. When a boy and his dad dig her up to take home, she misses the trains. Then she wakes on...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
