01595cam a2200349 i 4500 613877650 TxAuBib 20120406120000.0 120906s1988||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 87020571 9780687453634 hc : alk. paper 0687453631 hc : alk. paper UtOrBLW TxAuBib rda Schneider, Dick, 1922- Why Christmas trees aren't perfect / Richard H. Schneider ; illustrated by Elizabeth J. Miles. Why Christmas trees are not perfect. Nashville, TN : Abingdon Press, [1988] ©1988. 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Adapted from a story by the same name in The Guideposts Family Christmas Book: the Gifts of Christmas, c.1981, by Guideposts Associates, Inc.--T.p. verso. Even though its kind sacrifices for the animals of the forest have marred the perfection of its shape, Small Pine is selected to be the Christmas tree in the Queen's castle, demonstrating that living for the sake of others makes us most beautiful in the eyes of God. 20120406. Trees Juvenile fiction. Christmas trees Juvenile fiction. Kindness Juvenile fiction. Christian life Juvenile fiction. Christmas stories. Miles, Elizabeth J., illustrator.