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The Trees Kneel at Christmas
A timeless Christmas classic by Maud Hart Lovelace -- author of the Betsy-Tacy series -- about a miracle on Christmas morning.
-- 24 color illustrations enhance the story
-- 24 color illustrations enhance the story
Hardcover, 112 pages
Published
October 1st 1994
by ABDO & Daughters
(first published 1951)
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I found this book when looking for resources to use for our Sunday school class. The author wrote my beloved Betsy-Tacy-Tib books so I just had to read this one. It's a sweet story about Syrian Christmas traditions. It's a children's book, but I'm not sure I'd actually recommend it to children. (Spoiler alert--I'm going to reveal the end.) The climax of the story comes when 2 little kids (ages 7 and 4) go out all alone in Brooklyn late at night to walk several city blocks to a park. I'm not sure...more
Interesting story about a Lebanese folktale that the trees in Lebanon kneel down at midnight on Christmas eve. Afify, an American girl of Lebanese descent and the main character, decides that if it can happen in Lebanon it surely could happen in Brooklyn and plots to go to the park at midnight to see for herself. I liked the book for its depiction of Lebanese culture. It describes the food, Christmas traditions and insights into Christianity in Lebanon. I think because it is an older book some k...more
The foreword of this book was written by Merian, the daughter of the author. The book was originally published in 1951. My copy was published in 1994. Love the colorful illustrations throughout this 112 pg book.
I loved this story of a Lebanese family in Brooklyn and the faith of a little girl to see something her grandmother had told her about. Very sweet Christmas story!
I loved this story of a Lebanese family in Brooklyn and the faith of a little girl to see something her grandmother had told her about. Very sweet Christmas story!
Maud Hart Lovelace really writes the most charming books. I adored this one. Simply adored it.
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Maud Hart Lovelace was born on April 25, 1892, in Mankato, Minnesota. She was the middle of three children born to Thomas and Stella (Palmer) Hart. Her sister, Kathleen, was three years older, and her other sister, Helen, was six years younger. “That dear family" was the model for the fictional Ray family.
Maud’s birthplace was a small house on a hilly residential street several blocks above Mankat...more
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