Viking Tales by Jennie Hall (Yesterday's Classics) Kim Barnes gorgeous holiday story about a

gorgeous holiday story about a lonely little Christmas tree that learns what it means to be loved--with a powerful message to children that they are perfect just as they are

illustrator and author of Flowerscape

She meets us in our crashed idealism and burnout--but she doesn't leave us there

including The Love Lives of Birds and The Bird Watching Answer Book

--Marjorie Perloff

Viking Tales by Jennie Hall (Yesterday's Classics) Kim Barnes gorgeous holiday story about aWe follow the fortunes of Harald from the time he is given his own thrall at the cutting of his first tooth, through his exploits as a viking adventurer, to his crowning as King of Norway. Then population pressures at home and eagerness for adventure and booty from other lands combine to drive some of the bolder Vikings to set forth from their native land. Sailing ever westward across the Atlantic, they hop along the chain of islands that loosely