Monday, September 19, 2022

The Christmas Pine by Julia Donaldson and Victoria Sandoy - ADVISABLE

The Christmas Pine by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Victoria Sandoy
. PICTURE BOOK. Scholastic, 2022. $18. 9781338829273 

BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K, EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE

 AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

Each year Norway sends a Christmas tree to the people of Britain as a thank you for their aid during WWII. And each year a poet in the UK writes a poem in tribute of that year's tree. 

This poem was written in 2020 and celebrates the life cycle of that year's Queen of the Forest. Sandoy's illustration have the perfect dreamy quality to support Donaldson's poem. I love that the author and illustrator are a UK/Norway collaboration - just like the gift of the tree. An adorable Christmas book - just not quite an essential one.

Cindy, Library Teacher 

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