Book recommendation: Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree

Buy it: Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree

Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree (By Robert Barry) – In this cute, rhyming story Mr. Willowby orders an enoromous Christmas tree. It’s so big that the tree is too tall for the house and the top of the tree must be cut off. The top of the tree is given to Mr. Willowby’s maid, who decides it’s slightly too big and cuts off the top. The tree top is then found by a gardener and the story continues as people and then some animals find the tree top and cut off the tip and pass it on. The small pieces of Mr. Willowby’s tree brighten up the homes of several families. Finally the mouse family living in Mr. Willowby’s house gets the tiniest tip of the tree and they are so excited to have a tree like Mr. Willowby.

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!