Grandfather's Christmas tree / written by Keith Strand ; [illustrated by] Thomas Locker.
Material type: TextPublication details: San Diego : Silver Whistle/Harcourt Brace, 1999.Edition: 1st edDescription: [32] p. : col. ill. ; 24 x 28 cmISBN:- 0152018212
- [Fic] 21
- PZ7.S8965 Gr 1999
Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Picturebook | Children’s Holiday | Strand, Keith | Christmas | Available | 33111004076317 | ||||
Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Picturebook | Children’s Holiday | Strand, Keith | Christmas | Available | 33111003031594 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Beginning their life together in the Colorado wilderness, a young rancher and his wife work hard, and joyfully anticipate the birth of their first child. Their many hopes and dreams for their new family are suddenly put in danger when a merciless winter storm hits. The logs in the woodpile quickly dwindle, and soon their only chance for survival is to cut down the lone remaining spruce tree, which provides warmth and shelter to a family of geese--a family not unlike their own. On ChristmasEve the couple prays for a miracle that will protect them and their newborn son. Thomas Locker's glorious paintings and Keith Strand's inspiring reverie bring the Christmas spirit to life in this heartwarming story of faith and family.
A grandfather tells how the family's Christmas tradition of placing a carved wooden nest with a pair of geese and their babies in the large spruce tree started years ago when his parents first settled in Colorado.