Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

Despite the warnings of the old man with whom she has always lived, nine-year-old Rowanna is drawn to the forest and a huge tree she can just barely see from her home at the edge of the sea-especially after she befriends a bear who is much more than he seems.

A sad and lonely tree high on a mountain is transformed on a stormy Christmas Eve, drawing children from a nearby village for a joyful holiday celebration.