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    Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree: An Appalachian Story by Gloria Houston, Barbara Cooney (Illustrator)

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    • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
    • Pub. Date: October 1996
    • ISBN-13: 9780140558777
    • Sales Rank: 174,110
    • Age Range: 4 to 8
    • 32pp
    • Edition Description: Reprint
    • Edition Number: 1
     
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    This unforgettable tale, illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Barbara Cooney, has become a seasonal classic-a touching and joyful story about courage and the power of family.

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    Ruthie and her mother wonder how they will fulfill their obligation of getting the perfect Christmas tree to the town for the holiday celebration, since Papa has left the Appalachian area to go to war.

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    Since Ruthie's family has the honor of providing the community Christmas tree, this Christmas promises to be memorable! But fulfilling this responsibility becomes a struggle when papa goes to war. Delicately detailed acrylic illustrations complement this heartwarming story about the love and determination of one Appalachian family.

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    Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree: An Appalachian Storyby Anonymous

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    December 23, 2005: Every year in Elementary school I would check this book out from the library and then my mom would read the book to me and my little sister. Now that I don't have the book to read this year I am really dissapointed.