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34 pp.
| Down East |
October, 1999 |
TradeISBN 0-89272-475-7$$9.95 1986, Gannett
(4)
K-3
This story in occasionally bumpy rhyme lists the many animals congregating outside in a snowy tree on Christmas Eve. The narrator sees one star at the top of the tree, then two black bears, three bobcats, and a variety of other animals on up to twelve chickadees. The lush watercolors are symmetrical and static, giving a graphic and very stylized look to the small, cozy book.