L'Abete di Natale

Five shiny 🎄 stars for this picture book adaptation of the poem written for the 2020 Trafalgar Square tree. From its tiny pine cone beginnings in Norway to the glorious reveal in London, this is a delightful seasonal read. And may the children grow and shine,Grow and shinelike the Christmas pine. Leggi tutto

Every year, a tree is chosen, cut down, and transported a long way to London to be put up as a Christmas tree in Picadilly. There, the tree stands and basks people's joy and wonder. I have to say that this story had me conflicted. It's the usual problem I have with big cities putting up big Christmas Leggi tutto

A nice story about the tradition of a Christmas tree being sent as a present to the UK from Norway as a symbol of peace and a thank you for the UK's support during WWII. A downside for me was that the Scandinavian illustrator has depicted this tree as having branches that face the ground. If you look Leggi tutto

Loved the story, but was fascinated by the true story on the back cover.

Told from the perspective of the tree, the story begins with a little pine tree, growing in a snowy wood in Norway. This little tree is actually a very important tree – one day it will become the huge Christmas tree which is displayed in Trafalgar Square in London. We follow the tree as it grows then Leggi tutto

Ce livre raconte l’histoire d’une tradition qui a vu jour en 1947 et qui persiste encore de nos jours, entre les norvégiens et les britanniques: l’offrande d’un sapin de Noël. C’est une façon pour les norvégiens de remercier les britanniques pour leur soutien durant la seconde guerre mondiale. Je tr Leggi tutto