Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree - Hardcover

by Robert Barry (Author), Robert Barry (Illustrator)

Give the gift of holiday spirit with this classic picture book that celebrates how one Christmas tree brings joy to a whole forest of critters!

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.

Front Jacket

Mr. Willowby's Christmas tree
Came by special delivery.
Full and fresh and glistening green--
The biggest tree he'd ever seen.
That was the trouble. The tree was so tall, it couldn't stand up straight in his parlor. Mr. Willowby asked his butler to chop off the top of the tree. What happens to the treetop? Where will it be for Christmas? Snuggle up with this story and follow along through a forest full of friendly creatures who get to share in a bit of Christmas joy. 9780385327831|JF|Harriet M. Welsch is a spy. In her notebook, she writes down everything she knows about everyone, even her classmates and her best friends. Then Harriet loses track of her notebook, and it ends up in the wrong hands. Before she can stop them, her friends have read the always truthful, sometimes awful things she's written about each of them. Will Harriet find a way to put her life and her friendships back together?

From the Trade Paperback edition.

Author Biography

ROBERT BARRY was a prizewinning author and illustrator of many books for children. A lifelong resident of Newport, Rhode Island, he was a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design and taught illustration for many years at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. His most famous book, Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree, has been cherished by readers young and old since 1963.