Book recommendation: A Wish to be a Christmas Tree

Buy it: A Wish to be a Christmas Tree

A Wish to be a Christmas Tree (By Colleen Monroe) – Every year, the trees at the Christmas tree farm are excited to be chosen and decorated by families. But one tree is too big and too tall and never gets picked. But the tree’s friends, the birds and forest animals, explain to the sad tree that they need him because he keeps them safe and warm. As the tree sleeps that night, he friends decorate him wih berries, icicles and acorns. When he wakes up, the tree is so happy to be a Christmas tree. But his friends point out that he is special to them all year long.

The book recommendations included on this website are books that my daughter Ally, now age 5, have read and enjoyed together. I recommend the books that stand out to me as excellent children’s books for writing, illustrations, originality, story and characters. Ally and I hope you enjoy them too!