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    Pick a Pine Tree

    Part of Pick A Celebration

    Author Patricia Toht
    Illustrated by Jarvis
    Board Book
    $8.99 US
    Candlewick
    6-11/16"W x 7-1/16"H | 5 oz | 1 per carton
    On sale Sep 22, 2026 | 32 Pages | 9781536255119
    Age 2-5 years | Up to Kindergarten
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    A festive board book edition of the holiday read-aloud brimming with all the joy and excitement of Christmastime—beginning, of course, with picking out a tree!

    This board book edition of Patricia Toht and Jarvis’s irresistible Christmas gift book all begins with . . . picking a pine tree! After getting the tree home, it’s time for the rituals of decorating—digging out boxes jam-packed with ornaments and tree trimmings, stringing tinsel, and, at long last, turning on those twinkling lights. Joyously drawn and rhythmically written, this celebration of family, friends, and the holiday season is as merry as the tradition it depicts.
    The short, rhyming text has a bouncy, appealing tone...Delightful mixed-media illustrations use a flattened perspective, simple shapes, and glowing, light-filled backgrounds for a fresh take on the tree-decorating tradition. The illustrations are all in double-page-spread format with compositions that will work well for reading to a group or with just one child in a lap. Pick this delightful story for a Christmas storytime, for library collections, or for family reading around the Christmas tree.
    —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

    Holiday spirit crackles in Toht’s warm, step-by-step recounting of how humble stately pines transform into shimmering Christmas trees...Jarvis’s chalk and pencil texturing adds to the sense of a casual, homey holiday filled with traditions many families will recognize.
    —Publishers Weekly

    The pencil, chalk, paint, and digitally colored paintings are brimming with holiday cheer and warmth. Share with little ones prior to decorating a tree or as secular Christmas fare for holiday storytimes.
    —School Library Journal

    Toht’s rhyming text is greatly illuminated by Jarvis’s mixed-media illustrations, which imbue each step in the process with holiday warmth and capably capture that satisfying, twinkling glow of Christmas decorations.
    —The Horn Book
    Patricia Toht once owned a children’s bookshop called Never Never Land before turning a love of books into a love of writing. Pick a Pine Tree is her debut picture book. Patricia Toht lives in Atascadero, CA.

    Jarvis is an illustrator and animator who has worked as both a record jacket designer and an animation director. He is the author-illustrator of Alan’s Big, Scary Teeth. Jarvis lives in Manchester, England.
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    A festive board book edition of the holiday read-aloud brimming with all the joy and excitement of Christmastime—beginning, of course, with picking out a tree!

    This board book edition of Patricia Toht and Jarvis’s irresistible Christmas gift book all begins with . . . picking a pine tree! After getting the tree home, it’s time for the rituals of decorating—digging out boxes jam-packed with ornaments and tree trimmings, stringing tinsel, and, at long last, turning on those twinkling lights. Joyously drawn and rhythmically written, this celebration of family, friends, and the holiday season is as merry as the tradition it depicts.

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    The short, rhyming text has a bouncy, appealing tone...Delightful mixed-media illustrations use a flattened perspective, simple shapes, and glowing, light-filled backgrounds for a fresh take on the tree-decorating tradition. The illustrations are all in double-page-spread format with compositions that will work well for reading to a group or with just one child in a lap. Pick this delightful story for a Christmas storytime, for library collections, or for family reading around the Christmas tree.
    —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

    Holiday spirit crackles in Toht’s warm, step-by-step recounting of how humble stately pines transform into shimmering Christmas trees...Jarvis’s chalk and pencil texturing adds to the sense of a casual, homey holiday filled with traditions many families will recognize.
    —Publishers Weekly

    The pencil, chalk, paint, and digitally colored paintings are brimming with holiday cheer and warmth. Share with little ones prior to decorating a tree or as secular Christmas fare for holiday storytimes.
    —School Library Journal

    Toht’s rhyming text is greatly illuminated by Jarvis’s mixed-media illustrations, which imbue each step in the process with holiday warmth and capably capture that satisfying, twinkling glow of Christmas decorations.
    —The Horn Book

    Author

    Patricia Toht once owned a children’s bookshop called Never Never Land before turning a love of books into a love of writing. Pick a Pine Tree is her debut picture book. Patricia Toht lives in Atascadero, CA.

    Jarvis is an illustrator and animator who has worked as both a record jacket designer and an animation director. He is the author-illustrator of Alan’s Big, Scary Teeth. Jarvis lives in Manchester, England.
    Patricia Toht View titles by Patricia Toht
    Jarvis View titles by Jarvis

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