The year of the perfect Christmas tree
Subtitle: an Appalachian story
By: by Gloria Houston ; pictures by Barbara Cooney.
Contributors: Cooney, Barbara, 1917- ill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers
Published: 1988
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Christmas trees -- Fiction; Christmas -- Fiction; World War, 1914-1918 -- United States -- Fiction; Appalachian Region -- Fiction
Description: Ruthie and her mother wonder how they will fulfill their obligation of getting the perfect Christmas tree to the town for the holiday celebration, since Papa has left the Appalachian area to go to war.