![]() ![]() ![]() "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. Ages 4-8.Ĭopyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. But the way they work together to keep their family's duty is rendered in a harmonious blending of text and pictures. Ruthie is more or less an observer her mother is the real heroine. ![]() An accomplished, fluid telling garnishes this simple story, as do Cooney's moonlit paintings of wintry evenings and the welcoming glow of fire and lanterns. Their trip becomes the basisovernightof a new town legend Ruthie, chosen for the role of the heavenly angel in the the church Christmas play, finds herself outfitted in a madeover wedding dress of the finest silkanother "miracle" wrought by her hardworking mother. Ruthie had accompanied her father to the rocky cliff where he marked a tree in the spring, so she and her mother set out to find it again, and haul it home. In using the routine set out by Isabel Beck, and adding my own visuals for my ESOL children. So, in accordance with the traditions of Pine Grove, it falls to Ruthie and her mother to bring home the perfect Christmas tree to donate to the town. This is a 5 day routine that is designed to fit the book. The Armistice has been declared, but still there is no sign of Ruthie's father in their little Appalachian town. ![]()
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