01209cam a2200301 4500 337141094 TxAuBib 20100226120000.0 010504s1988||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 87024551 9780803702998 080370299X 9780803703001 lib. bdg. 0803703007 lib. bdg. DLC DLC DLC 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. 20010504. Christmas trees Fiction. Christmas Fiction. World War, 1914-1918 United States Fiction. Appalachian Region Fiction. Cooney, Barbara, 1917-, ill.