The Wish-Tree

By John Ciardi and Louis S. Glanzman

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.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Release date: Apr 7, 2015
• ISBN: 9780486803999

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The Wish – Tree

John Ciardi

Illustrated by Louis S. Glanzman

Dover Publications, Inc.

Mineola, New York

Bibliographical Note

This Dover edition, first published in 2015, is an unabridged republication of the work originally published in 1962 by The Crowell-Collier Press, New York, as part of the Modern Masters Books for Children series.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Ciardi, John, 1916-1986.

The wish–tree / John Ciardi ; illustrated by Louis S. Glanzman.

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This Dover edition...is an unabridged republication of the work originally published in 1962 by The Crowell-Collier Press, New York—Copyright page.

Summary: On his sixth birthday, a boy learns that his wish for a puppy comes with responsibility.

eISBN-13: 978-0-486-80399-9

[1. Wishes—Fiction. 2. Dogs—Fiction. 3. Responsibility— Fiction. 4. Birthdays—Fiction.] I. Glanzman, Louis S., 1922– illustrator. II. Title. III. Title: Wish tree.

PZ7.C49Wi 2015

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2014040356

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