The Biggest, Most Beautiful Christmas Tree by Amye Rosenberg

This is the story of a group of forest animals who decide to decorate their tree so that Santa can find them on Christmas. This is one of my favorite Golden Books from when I was a child. I always loved to look at the colorful pictures of the forest animals decorating their tree. The mention of cookies, tea, hot cocoa, warm firesides, etc. make this a great holiday book for young readers. Although I have to laugh reading some of the cheesy lines in the story now ("the children's eyes sparkled with hope", for example) it is still a fun, creative story for young readers.