Though it reads more like a chapter from a middle reader than a picture book, children won't have any difficulty following the action, and they'll recognize Ella's conflicting impulses. The Wishing Stone is a mystical item that grants unlimited wishes for the person who holds it. C%C3%B4t%C3%A9's (Noni Says No) digital illustrations drive the story along with light and expressive outlines and wash effects. In Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s attractive picture book version of the traditional tale A Squash and a Squeeze, the little old woman who wants more space is advised by a Wise Old Man who. (Ella May tends to reveal her wishes after they've happened, thus ensuring her stone's effectiveness.) Only when her friends retreat does she repent, fulfilling their wishes with lowly but imaginative creations%E2%80%94a box-and-broom assembly for Maya, who wished for a pony, and a tin-foil and pipe-cleaner astronaut helmet for Amir, who wanted to walk on the moon. Fagan (Book of Big Brothers) draws a bead on sometimes prickly friendships in this portrait of Ella May, whose new wishing stone, brought back from vacation, has a pretty white line that goes "all-all-all the way around it." She holds the stone and its reputed powers over her neighborhood friends ("Nope and double nope," she says, noting that the wishing stones they've found don't have the right kind of line) and metes out judgment as their stones fail to work. Be very, very careful what you wish for in this ninth book in the Spooksville series New York Times bestselling author Christopher Pike. The Wishing Stone Steve Smallman, Rebecca Elliott 3.89 66 ratings8 reviews Armadillo wants to have friends, but he is very shy.
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