Maple & Willow's Christmas Tree

12/21/2024

Sibling love during Christmas and always!

Title: Maple and Willow's Christmas

Author / Illustrator: Lori Nichols 

Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books

Maple and Willow are sisters who love nature so much. They love to be outdoors together and love the snow! Christmas is coming soon and they plan to get a real Christmas tree this time. Woohoo! After a long tiring adventurous search, finally ,they found a perfect Christmas tree and took it home. They set it upright and now is the time to start decorating the tree.

Unfortunately, they notice that Maple starts sneezing and sniffling whenever she comes close to the Christmas tree. What! No way! Now what do they do? It looks like Maple is allergic to the real Christmas tree. Oh, no! All the wonderful plans that Maple and Willow had made were all shattered! What do they do now?

Willow doesn't want Maple to feel sad and left out. Would she devise a way to help her sister? Would they still be able to celebrate Christmas? 

📚 A story celebrating and treasuring the bond between siblings and the purity in their hearts.

📚 Simple yet lovely illustrations that support the text well.

📚 Recommended for kids ages 3+

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