Wishtree /
Applegate, Katherine,
Wishtree / Katherine Applegate ; illustrated by Charles Santoso. - First edition. - 215 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Dedicated to “newcomers and welcomers,” this novel for young readers features a red oak tree as narrator. When an immigrant family is threatened, Red the oak and Bongo the crow hatch a plan to foster respect and kindness among their human neighbors. (Miller Library Staff) "A red oak tree and a crow help their human neighbors work out their differences"-- "Red is an oak tree who is many rings old. Red is the neighborhood "wishtree"--People write their wishes on pieces of cloth and tie them to Red's branches. Along with a crow named Bongo and other animals who seek refuge in Red's hollows, this wishtree watches over the neighborhood. You might say that Red has seen it all. Until a new family moves in. Not everyone is welcoming, and Red's experience as a wishtree is more important than ever"--
Recommended for primary school (age 6-12) and up.
A Junior Library Guild selection, November 2017.
1250043220 9781250043221 9781250230829 1250230829 9781250306869 1250306868
9781250043221 51699
118661914 Brodart Co. http://www.brodart.com
2016058768
Toleration--Juvenile fiction.
Trees--Juvenile fiction.
Crows--Juvenile fiction.
Wishes--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Children's stories.
Mark Twain Nominees.
PZ7.A6483 / Wis 2017 PS3551.P569 / W57 2017
Wishtree / Katherine Applegate ; illustrated by Charles Santoso. - First edition. - 215 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Dedicated to “newcomers and welcomers,” this novel for young readers features a red oak tree as narrator. When an immigrant family is threatened, Red the oak and Bongo the crow hatch a plan to foster respect and kindness among their human neighbors. (Miller Library Staff) "A red oak tree and a crow help their human neighbors work out their differences"-- "Red is an oak tree who is many rings old. Red is the neighborhood "wishtree"--People write their wishes on pieces of cloth and tie them to Red's branches. Along with a crow named Bongo and other animals who seek refuge in Red's hollows, this wishtree watches over the neighborhood. You might say that Red has seen it all. Until a new family moves in. Not everyone is welcoming, and Red's experience as a wishtree is more important than ever"--
Recommended for primary school (age 6-12) and up.
A Junior Library Guild selection, November 2017.
1250043220 9781250043221 9781250230829 1250230829 9781250306869 1250306868
9781250043221 51699
118661914 Brodart Co. http://www.brodart.com
2016058768
Toleration--Juvenile fiction.
Trees--Juvenile fiction.
Crows--Juvenile fiction.
Wishes--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Children's stories.
Mark Twain Nominees.
PZ7.A6483 / Wis 2017 PS3551.P569 / W57 2017