Anna’s father gives her the most wonderful present for her birthday—eight beautiful tulips! But tulips in Holland in the 1600s are more precious than gold or jewels, and everyone who walks by the house wants to trade her for one! Anna s father gives her the most wonderful present for her birthday eight beautiful tulips! But tulips in Holland in the 1600s are more precious than gold or jewels, and everyone who walks by the house wants to trade her for one! Anna's father gives her the most wonderful present for her birthday--eight beautiful tulips! But tulips in Holland in the 1600s are more precious than gold or jewels, and everyone who walks by the house wants to trade her for one! Beth Wagner Brust is the author of The Amazing Paper Cuttings of Hans Christian Anderson , an ALA Notable Book. She lives in San Diego, CA. Publishers Weekly called Jenny Mattheson “an artist of substance” in a review of her book The Mouse, the Cat, and the Grandmother’s Hat.