Everett Green: The Not-So-Christmas Tree by Fanny Berthiaume, Freddy Wexler
Published by Random House ISBN: 0593567943
Genres: Holiday
Format: Picture Book Fiction
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Everett Green is a plastic palm tree who dreams of becoming a Christmas tree so he packs up and heads to New York City. After his bird friend helps him thwart TSA workers, he settles in to wait for his flight and is crushed when he finds out that it’s cancelled and he’ll be stuck in the airport on Christmas Eve. With the help of some strangers, Everett pulls it together and creates a magical evening for his fellow stranded passengers, realizing that he doesn’t have to become a Christmas tree to help spread joy.

A brightly illustrated but somewhat frantic holiday story. Not an essential addition to a holiday collection, but it will circulate in December.

Reviewed by Sarah Maciejewski, Patten Free Library, Bath