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Night Tree
by
Eve Bunting,
Ted Rand
By moonlight in the quiet forest, a young boy and his family decorate their favorite tree with popcorn, apples, tangerines, and sunflower-seed balls as a gift for the animals of the woods. “Sure to become a Christmas favorite, this beautifully illustrated story of a family’s unusual tradition brings to life the true spirit of Christmas.”--American Bookseller
Paperback, 32 pages
Published
October 31st 1994
by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
(first published September 15th 1991)
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Abigail
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Young Readers Looking for Something a Little Different, in their Christmas Stories
A family sets out on their annual trek to find their Christmas tree in this engaging holiday story from the prolific Eve Bunting. Rather than cutting it down, however, they decorate it right there in the woods, hanging garlands of popcorn, apples and oranges, and homemade sunflower-seed-balls on it, for the local animal population. Then, in the quiet of the dark night, they sit and watch, drinking hot chocolate, and singing Christmas carols...
Simply told, and beautifully illustrated,...more
Simply told, and beautifully illustrated,...more
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This is one of those books that made me say, "I wish we had done this with our girls when they were little." It would've made a nice Christmas tradition.
A family of four heads out on December 24th to decorate their Christmas tree--an evergreen in the middle of a forgotten wood at the edge of town. Every Christmas Eve they don the tree with strings of popcorn, apples, and tangerines, and balls of sunflower seeds with pressed millet and honey. They sprinkle nuts and breadcrumbs...more
A family of four heads out on December 24th to decorate their Christmas tree--an evergreen in the middle of a forgotten wood at the edge of town. Every Christmas Eve they don the tree with strings of popcorn, apples, and tangerines, and balls of sunflower seeds with pressed millet and honey. They sprinkle nuts and breadcrumbs...more
In this touching Christmas story, a family has made it a tradition to go and find a tree on the night before Christmas.....but, not just any tree, a special tree selected in the moonlit forest. Once they select the tree, they decorate it in the woods for all of the forest creatures to enjoy.
There is popcorn garland, apples and oranges, sunflower seed balls made with pressed millet and honey, and scattered under the tree for the tiniest of creatures to enjoy are shelled nuts, bread...more
Strong families have traditions that bind them together through the memory of shared experiences, repeated year after year. This sweet story tells about one family's tradition of decking an outdoor Christmas tree with homemade, edible ornaments, then enjoying a hot-cocoa picnic with Christmas carols before leaving the tree for the wildlife. This story is told from the perspective of one of the children and warmly illustrated by Ted Rand.
Night Tree is pleasing not only because it pr...more
Night Tree is pleasing not only because it pr...more
For my multicultural book on religion, I chose to read "Night Tree" by Eve Bunting. This book tells the story of a young girl and her family who goes out to the woods on Christmas Eve and decorates a tree in the forest as part of their own family tradition. The girl looks forward to it every year, and enjoys celebrating Christmas the next day after they decorate the tree. I chose this book as a multicultural book because it discusses the holiday of Christmas, along with the tradition o...more
I love the idea of this story! You start out thinking the family is going to find a tree to chop down and bring home on Christmas Eve but, surprise! they are actually finding the special tree they decorate for the forest creatures every year in the woods. They bring apple and seed "ornaments" for the creatures, hot chocolate for themselves, sing songs and share some family time. The illustrations were not quite all I could have hoped for but overall this is a delightful and differen...more
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Christmas and other time of year reading; those who love wild animals & nature
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Kathryn
Oh, I just love the premise of this one. A family, who readers see have a Christmas tree of their own at home, also have a tree outdoors in the middle of a nearby forested area. Every year the father, mother, son, and daughter take a lot of time to make preparations and then they go to “their” tree and decorate it.
It’s a lovely story and will be very much appreciated by young children who love nature and animals, especially wild animals. It might just fire up their imaginations. It’s...more
It’s a lovely story and will be very much appreciated by young children who love nature and animals, especially wild animals. It might just fire up their imaginations. It’s...more
This is one of my favorite December books to read since it is not centered on the Christmas holiday it is centered on family, building memories and kindness to animals. I love reading this book with the children in close and with all the lights turned out and a flashlight. We have even followed this book up with a project of making bird feeders for the trees outside the library with large pine cones and bird seeds.
Night Tree is about a family who goes into the forest to decorate a tree for the forest animals. They spend time to enjoy the quietness of the forest.
This story lends itself well to writing using the five senses. The story draws you in and you feel as if you really are in the quiet, dark forest with the animals.
The students could be taught to use their five senses in descriptive ways in sentences. The teacher could teach students in how to show and not tell through your...more
This story lends itself well to writing using the five senses. The story draws you in and you feel as if you really are in the quiet, dark forest with the animals.
The students could be taught to use their five senses in descriptive ways in sentences. The teacher could teach students in how to show and not tell through your...more
Night Tree is about a family that has a tree in a wooded area that they decorate with fruits, seeds and nuts for the animals. They do it every Christmas Eve. Such a sweet story, reminiscent of a simpler time. This is a Christmas tradition that I would to start with my kids.
A family goes out to decorate a tree for the animals who live in the forest. Best part: When the children sing Christmas carols and one child picks “Old MacDonald” and Mom says that okay because it’s a good song, too. Ages 4-10.
This story is about a family’s tradition of decorating a Christmas tree in the forest. The pictures in this story seem like and the story gives readers a good feeling. I would recommend this definitely as a family story!
A family decorates a Christmas Tree for animals in the forest using strings of popcorn, apples, tangerines, sunflower / honey balls, etc. A fabulous idea for anyone who lives in the country or has trees or a forest near them!
A favorite Christmas story. Rather than chopping down a tree, a family ventures out each Christmas Eve to decorate the same tree in the forest with food for the animals. Lovely.
What a nice story! I assumed the family was going to cut down the tree for their home, but instead they leave food for the wildlife, Sweet tradition!
The story of a family who continues a family tradition during the Christmas season. They travel to the forest to find a tree to decorate. With them they bring popcorn, fruit and sunflower seeds. In the end the tree is food for the animals. The book never focuses on the family. We don't know their names, we only learn about what they are doing. They focus on the end result.....food for the animals and the continuation of the tradition. Written for grades 4 and in poetry which adds a lovely...more
We all loved this book and the kids want to start the tradition of decorating a tree in the woods each year.
It was interesting because it was different from what a lot of other people do.
A family selects a Christmas tree and decorates with treats for the wildlife.
Cute story of a family that decorates a tree for the forest animals.
Recommended to me by one of my favorite storytime families.
One of our new favorite Christmas books.
Chirstmas Animals
Must get this one!
Megan D. Neal
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On Christmas Eve, a family gathers their supplies, and drives into the woods to select and decorate a tree with edible munchies for the woodland creatures.
I love stories about strong family ties and traditions. A great read.
I love stories about strong family ties and traditions. A great read.
Julie Suzanne
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About a unique Christmas Eve tradition that we both thought was the coolest thing ever! I think we have a new tradition here!
This is such a delightful story. I really liked the idea it presented as something to do. Loved it!
Beautiful pictures, beautiful Christmas-time story.
a great story about family adventure
it was a good book
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Eve Bunting is an author with more than 250 books. Her books are diverse in age groups, from picture books to chapter books, and topic, ranging from Thanksgiving to riots in Los Angeles. Eve Bunting has won several awards for her works.
Bunting went to school in Ireland and grew up with storytelling. In Ireland, “There used to be Shanachies… the shanachie was a storyteller who went from...more
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Bunting went to school in Ireland and grew up with storytelling. In Ireland, “There used to be Shanachies… the shanachie was a storyteller who went from...more
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