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No one had ever seen big Peter before, and no one ever saw him again, and no one ever saw him at all but small Peter who lived in dingy, squalid old Shantytown. Yet it was big Peter's gift to small Peter -- a shiny toy spade with a red handle, and a small green tree lighted with tiny candles -- that caused Shantytown people to have hope again. And with new hope the grass grew, and there were gardens, and the junk heaps were cleaned up and the sagging doors were put back on their hinges.
This is a modern miracle, through which sad and beaten houses became white and neat and shining, and desolate, hopeless people found that love and hope can still move mountains. There are no saints and angels; just a tramp, an Irish cop, a small boy, and City Hall, but Shanytown becomes Peter's Landing and faith was reborn.
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"A small blond boy is seen clinging to a rusty iron fence against a rain-drenched backdrop of any 'shanty town' and A Tree for Peter happens. "From such small sparks were all my books written. I never really know what the story is going to be; soon after I start writing, the very people I am writing about take over and tell me what they want to do." Kate Seredy
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Tree for Peter is an inspiring book that will be long remembered. A treasure, with much chance for meaningful dialogue! -- Jane Claire Lambert, author of Five In A Row
Your family will be inspired to begin and continue a good work as you read how Peter's world was redeemed by one little spade. --Homeschooling Today, September/October 2010
Your family will be inspired to begin and continue a good work as you read how Peter's world was redeemed by one little spade. --Homeschooling Today, September/October 2010
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- PublisherViking Juvenile
- Publication date1941
- ISBN 10 0670727733
- ISBN 13 9780670727735
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages102
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