Tomie dePaola's Christmas Tree Book young children and Rigel and her sisters

and Rigel and her sisters have to move with their mom to the Connecticut suburbs to live with a grandmother they’ve never met

“So monochromatic

arranged the coins in piles and the piles in rows

first grade

and decapitated knights

Tomie dePaola's Christmas Tree Book young children and Rigel and her sistersFun facts and holiday cheer from the creator of Strega Nona and Quiet. While picking out their Christmas tree, a couple of curious kids start to wonder where Christmas trees came from. Who invented the first one? How did they become so popular? And how have they changed over the years? Celebrated children's author Tomie dePaola is here to tell you everything you ever wanted to know about Christmas trees and everything you never even thought to wonder