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Wishtree / Katherine Applegate ; illustrated by Charles Santoso.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Edition: First editionDescription: 215 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 1250043220
  • 9781250043221
  • 9781250230829
  • 1250230829
  • 9781250306869
  • 1250306868
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PZ7.A6483 Wis 2017
  • PS3551.P569 W57 2017
Awards:
  • A Junior Library Guild selection, November 2017.
Summary: 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)Summary: "A red oak tree and a crow help their human neighbors work out their differences"--Summary: "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"--
List(s) this item appears in: Garden of Cultural Diversity for Youth
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Youth Collection SB455 .A66 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800179574
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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.

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