The Queen and the First Christmas Tree: Queen Charlotte's Gift to England

By Nancy Churnin

Book Overview

The true story of the kind, unconventional queen who introduced the Christmas tree to her adopted country.

Queen Charlotte brought her family's festive holiday yule bough from Germany to England. While planning a Christmas Day party in 1800 at Windsor Castle for over 100 children, she realized a single bough isn't enough. So she brought in the whole tree instead, making it the first known Christmas Tree in England. This story tells a little known fact about a favorite holiday tradition.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807566365
• ISBN13: 9780807566367
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.1" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3