01335cam a2200337 4500 357786086 TxAuBib 870828s1988||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 87024551 /AC 9780803702998 080370299X 9780803703001 lib. bdg. 0803703007 lib. bdg. (OCoLC)16682096 TxAuBib Houston, Gloria. The year of the perfect Christmas tree : an Appalachian story / by Gloria Houston ; pictures by Barbara Cooney. 1st ed. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 1988. [32] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm. Ruthie and her mother wonder how they will fulfill their obligation of getting the perfect Christmas tree to the town for the holiday celebration, since Papa has left the Appalachian area to go to war. 20181212. Christmas trees. Christmas. World War, 1914-1918 Fiction. Appalachian Region Fiction. Cooney, Barbara, 1917-, ill. QS7