The Wishing Box

The Wishing BoxA sometimes funny, sometimes magical first novel, The Wishing Box explores the surprising and unintended consequences of getting what you ask for. Julia, an almost 30 single mom whose life is mostly together, lives in Oakland with her seven year old son. Never suspecting it will actually work, she and her sister create a wishing box and half seriously hold a ceremony for the return of the father who abandoned them as children. Astonishingly, he comes

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This laugh-out-loud

and truly delicious meals that can be made in one skillet

" (Michael Bierut) This colorful

casually elegant cookingand a fabulous host

or experimenting with new flavors

or a kid-friendly breakfast on the go

and provides an introduction to creating patterns such as basket and bird's eye weaves

Throughout

Faced with this seemingly impossible task with her own child

lives a little mouse named Tabi

In this magical Caldecott Honor-winning picture book