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The Wish-Tree

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Wish-Tree
Authors and Contributors      By (author) John Ciardi
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:96
Dimensions(mm): Height 279,Width 210
ISBN/Barcode 9780486796185
ClassificationsDewey:813.52
Audience
Children's (6-12)

Publishing Details

Publisher Dover Publications Inc.
Imprint Dover Publications Inc.
Publication Date 26 June 2015
Publication Country United States

Description

A little boy who's about to turn six years old is thinking about cake and toys and the best birthday gift of all, a puppy. Daddy tells him to look for a Wish-Tree, on the bark of which is engraved TAKECAREOFYOURWISH. The boy falls asleep as he ponders his father's advice, and he dreams of a Wish-Tree, with a trunk as big as a house and so tall that the sky had to bump up to get over the top of it. A remarkable adventure follows, involving the limitless nature of wishing and responsibility. Written by the noted teacher and poet John Ciardi, this fanciful tale is filled with inventive, dreamlike drawings by Louis S. Glanzman, illustrator of the Pippi Longstocking books.

Author Biography

Poet, lecturer, critic, and teacher, John Ciardi was the poetry editor of the Saturday Review and translator of an acclaimed edition of Dante's Inferno.