Everybody's Tree by Barbara Joosse planters The Crafter's Box

The Crafter's Box

Kevin O'Malley is the illustrator of more than 50 books

The Child Garden

historical tidbits

Hand-embroidered face and a handsome goatee under his chin

Everybody's Tree by Barbara Joosse planters The Crafter's BoxI'm just a little sprout from a mighty spruce tree, and I wonder I WONDER! what will I be? Over the course of eighty years a spruce tree grows, along with the little boy who first selected it at a tree farm. As the tree grows from sapling to magnificent evergreen, the child matures as well, becoming a father and then grandfather. Now at the end of its life, the glorious tree is chosen to be the centerpiece of a city's holiday celebration. The tree