Mooseltoe
This charming verse story, told in a singsong rhythm, stars a moose who  is determined that his family's Christmas will be "perfectly perfect." Moose  "shopped till he dropped. Check," and "baked tons of tins of cookies.  Check,"--but in his haste he completely forgets to buy a Christmas tree. After a  long, fruitless search in the snow on Christmas Eve, he finally has to do the  heroic thing: stand in a corner and become the tree himself. The crayon  illustrations by Henry Cole make much of Moose's endless handlebar "moostache."  The rhymes may be rather forced for some tastes--"The kids tried to make the  best of it. They said 'Oh so who needs a tree?' But Moose could plainly see they  were short on the glee." But perhaps that's all just part of the amoosement  value. (Ages 4 to 8)--Richard Farr--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.