The Wishing Tree - Hardcover

Redman, Mary

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1934617024 ISBN 13: 9781934617021

Publisher: Elva Resa Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

Amanda understands her dad is making the world a better place, but it doesn't make his military deployment any easier. She decides to create a small wishing tree in her room, writing her hopes and prayers on yellow ribbons that she ties onto the branches. As Amanda wishes for her dad to enjoy good meals, make new friends, and return safely, the little tree blooms with yellow ribbons of hope.

Mom's Choice Awards® Gold Recipient: Family Life.

Includes information about wishing trees.

About this title

About the Author:

MARY REDMAN experienced many joys and challenges as a military wife and mother. She managed pack-outs, gave birth, visited emergency rooms, heralded holidays, bid farewell to grandparents, and attended numerous school events while her husband was deployed. Military life gave Mary many unexpected opportunities, from attending the running of the bulls in Spain to teaching English in Japan. She has three grown sons and lives with her husband in Southern California.

CHRISTINA RODRIGUEZ is an award-winning illustrator of more than a dozen children's books, including My Dad's Deployment: A Deployment and Reunion Activity Book for Young Children and Coloring My Military Life--Book 1. She grew up in an Air Force family before graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design. When not in her studio, Christina can usually be found along the Rhode Island coastline, digging for clams, sketching, or reading a good book.

Review:

"This is a simple but beautiful story of a military child working to keep communications open with her deployed dad. We read this at an FRG meeting to our kids, then created our own wishing trees, complete with yellow ribbon messages. It was a wonderful story and activity for our Army kids." --Traci Cook, Goodreads

About this edition

• Publisher: Elva Resa Publishing
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1934617024
• ISBN 13: 9781934617021
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Rodriguez Christina