The Trees Kneel at Christmas by Maud Hart Lovelace Vintage Collectible Book – New with dust cover

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Collectible-New with dust cover. Grandmother tells children about the trees in Lebanon and that the trees knelt at Christmas, but people in Brooklyn did not have enough faith for the trees to kneel in the City of Brooklyn in the United States.  The children decide that they have faith and secretly check it out. Good cultural diversity book written for middle school aged children Library bound hard cover book..

The Trees Kneel at Christmas was written about New York, but was based on a Lebanese community in Mankato when Maud was a girl. Maud Hart Lovelace was our Mankato author who wrote the Betsy-Tacy books.

• Published by the Abdo Daughters
• Based on Lebanese Community
• Original Publish date in 1951