When Wilma decides that her garden needs a new beginning, she gathers string, scissors, shovels, sixty-two dozen balsam seedlings, and Parker, her five-year-old neighbor.Year after year, Wilma and Parker nurture their trees, keeping careful count of how many they plant, how many perish, and how many grow to become Christmas trees.
This companion to the award-winning Pumpkins: A Story for a Field is a lyrical, behind-the-scenes look at the intricate lives of Christmas trees.
Includes an author's note about the history and cultivation of Christmas trees.
- ISBN13 9780152162900
- Publish Date 1 October 2008
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Harcourt Children's Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 40
- Language English