01188cam a2200289 4500 288234750 TxAuBib 20091209120000.0 990903t19961988||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780140558777 pbk. $5.99 0140558772 pbk. $5.99 NjSoBT NjSoBT TxAuBib Houston, Gloria. The year of the perfect Christmas tree : an Appalachian story / by Gloria Houston ; pictures by Barbara Cooney. New York : Puffin Books, 1996. ©1988. p. cm. Originally published: New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 1988. 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. 2-3 Baker & Taylor. 19990903. Christmas trees Fiction. Christmas Fiction. World War, 1914-1918 Fiction. Appalachian region Fiction. Cooney, Barbara, 1917-, ill.