Who Would Like a Christmas Tree?
WHO WOULD LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE?
Written by Ellen Bryan Obed
Illustrated by Anne Hunter
Houghton Mifflin, 2009
Islandport Press, 2019
Who would like a Christmas tree? The answer may surprise you! From January through December, these trees are food, shelter, nesting grounds, and much more for diverse animals and insects. Readers delight in turning the page to see what purpose the balsam fir has for the white-tailed deer, the monarch butterflies, the fox, or the black-capped chickadees. In the back of the book, the Christmas tree farmer speaks of what she does to take care of her farm around the year. (Ages 3-9)
“I would like a Christmas tree in September,” answers the black and yellow garden spider.
HALL’S CHRISTMAS TREE FAR “STORY WALK”
Photos of the “Story Walk” at Hall’s Christmas Tree Farm (2024), which is the setting
of “Who would like a Christmas Tree?”
PRAISE FOR Who Would Like a Christmas Tree?
“Cross-hatched ink and watercolor drawings create lovely, varied scenes of this special habitat in all seasons, while the text gives voice to the creatures sharing it with the fir trees. An original read-aloud.”
“A fine Christmas gift for a budding scientist.”
PHOTOS FROM HALL’S CHRISTMAS TREE FARM, SANGERVILLE, MAINE
