1000 Books Before Kindergarten
December 2025
Evergreen trees are beautiful all year.
Share these stories of evergreens with your little one.
Tree : a peek-through picture book by Patricia Hegarty
Tree : a peek-through picture book
by Patricia Hegarty

A majestic tree and its forest inhabitants invite young children to follow along through the seasons that are reflected by the tree's leaves and fruit while its animal residents build nests, play in the sunshine, gather food and keep warm on cold nights.
Zee grows a tree by Elizabeth Rusch
Zee grows a tree
by Elizabeth Rusch

Born at the same time a Douglas-fir seedling emerges from the nursery bed on her family's Christmas tree farm, young Zee grows up beside the tree as both thrive and become taller throughout the years.
Look what I found in the woods by Moira Butterfield
Look what I found in the woods
by Moira Butterfield

A fact-filled guide to the outside world depicts a fun-filled treasure hunt, where diverse child characters make wondrous natural discoveries, from pinecones and snail shells to foxes and grasshoppers.
A pinecone! by Helen Yoon
A pinecone!
by Helen Yoon

While Daddy is distracted wrangling a mud-happy dog, someone else is collecting lots and lots of pinecones—a fixation that leads to a sparkly, holiday cheer-worthy finish. 
Tap the magic tree by Christie Matheson
Tap the magic tree
by Christie Matheson

A celebration of the changing seasons invites children to observe how a tree wondrously blossoms in the spring and produces apples in the summer before it's leaves swirl away in the autumn.
Pick a pine tree by Patricia Toht
Pick a pine tree
by Patricia Toht

A holiday read-aloud evokes the rituals of decorating a Christmas tree, from picking out just the right tree and digging out boxes of decorations to stringing tinsel and turning on the twinkling lights. 
Trillions of trees : a counting and planting book by Kurt Cyrus
Trillions of trees : a counting and planting book
by Kurt Cyrus

Grab a shovel and get ready to plant some trees! From poplars to pines, alder, apple, peach, and plum, this rhyming story introduces the concept of orders of magnitude and celebrates the importance of planting different trees and preserving diverse ecosystems. Nurturing a new sapling is one of the first steps in growing hundreds, millions, even trillions of trees.
The year of the perfect Christmas tree : an Appalachian story by Gloria Houston
The year of the perfect Christmas tree : an Appalachian story
by Gloria Houston

Ruthie and her mother wonder how they will fulfill their obligation of getting the perfect Christmas tree to the town for the holiday celebration, since Papa has left the Appalachian area to go to war.
Monster needs a Christmas tree by Paul Czajak
Monster needs a Christmas tree
by Paul Czajak

On the day before Christmas, Monster knows he needs a special tree but there are so many fun things to do, including having a snowball fight, sledding, and visiting Santa, that finding the perfect tree may take some creativity.
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