Yuval Zommer

A fir tree grows in the forest, but it is a bit crooked and the branches are uneven. When the humans come into the forest to cut down Christmas trees, the fir tree remains. It is all alone and very sad. But when it is Christmas, the animals of the forest decorate the fir tree with leaves and feathers, and it finally understands that it is good just as it is, and that it is just where it is meant to be.

This book gives a wonderful message of empowerment and acceptance, which is underlined show more further because the people that are depicted are diverse.
The book was both written and illustrated by Yuval Zommer, and the illustrations are stunning. There is so much to discover in the beautiful pictures of the forest, and the book provides an opportunity to talk about nature and to learn about forest animals and plants. What a wonderful book to treasure! show less

Not all trees are perfect shaped Christmas trees that people want to cut down. Some are odd and do not grow strait. They are meant to be left in the forest for its natural inhabitants to love and use. This story was nice, but a bit sad.

This story is about having too much stuff. Bear finds a new cave and wants to furnish it, but he gets too much and then he's stuck. This book has beautiful illustrations with texture on the bark and leaves of the trees and the bear's fur. Bright colors and just enough detail to see all the things the bear fills his cave with. The story is a good length or a read-aloud.

Scruff the dog is known for his love of any kind of sausage. One day while he goes on his daily sniff of the butcher’s shop, he is horrified to find out that someone has stolen one hundred sausages and they think he is the culprit! Scruff must enlist the help of his canine friends and sniff out the thief before he is put behind bars. The story takes you through his search as he sniffs every place he can to find the missing sausages. He searches from the station, the concert hall and the show more market. I would recommend this for any collection owning the other book about Scruff called One Hundred Bones. It is a humorous story about a dog and how he uses his super sniffer to solve the crime. show less