Genre: General Fiction
Publishing:Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated, Oct. !996 (32pp.) reprint
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Summary:
In this story, a little girl is sharing with the readers the story of how her grandma Ruthie and her family had to choose the perfect Christmas tree to give to Pine Grove Church for Christmas. Before Ruthie's father was send off to war, he took Ruthie up into the mountains and they tied her red ribbon around the tree they had chosen to give to the church at Christmas time. Since it was Ruthie's family time to give the tree, Ruthie had the honor of being the heavenly angel in the Christmas play. On Christmas Eve, Ruthie and her mother went up into the mountains where her father and her had marked their Christmas tree and cut it down. They took it to the church and left it. On Christmas day, Ruthie got to play the angel, received the gifts she asked for from Santa, and her father came home from the war.
Rating: Good The story is entertaining and heart-warming.
Reading Level: 3.8
Interest Level: 3-5
Integrated Units:
Social Studies: Discuss Past and Present
Science: Trees - different types, life cycle
Math : Graph - Where do you get your Christmas Tree?
Writing: My favorite Christmas...
Reading: make predictions and inferences
Problems/Difficulties: lengthy
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