The story of the Christmas Cottontail who rides along with Santa on his Christmas Eve journey, rewarding good gardeners everywhere A joy to read for both children and their gardening parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles Make it a holiday tradition to read The Christmas Cottontail and then look for flowers the next spring. Awarded First Place in the 2019 Communications Contest for Children's Books - Fiction by the Women's Press Club of Indiana. Awarded Third Place in the 2019 Communications Contest for Children's Books - Fiction by the National Federation of Press Women.