The Wish Tree

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The Wish Tree | Kyo Maclear

Beaver,who was busy gathering wood to bring to his lodge

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haleyperkins1

The Wish Tree | Kyo Maclear

This book could allow students to imagine more and make inferences

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haleyperkins1

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This book goes into ideas that student can visually imagine and wonder about things throughout the book.

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delaneylabelle23

The Wish Tree | Kyo Maclear

“charles wrote his wish in a piece of paper and tied it around a branch of the wish tree”

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delaneylabelle23

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I like how when the people talk it is in little bubbles

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I loved the pictures in this book. They were so bright and it made me think about all the details of winter.

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IndoorDame

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This makes a sweet little nondenominational #HolidayRead about a little boy who goes out looking for a wish tree even though the only one who believes one exists is his dog. #WinterGames2021 #TeamGameSleighers @StayCurious

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LibrarianRyan

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I liked this story, but trying to say why is hard. It was sweet, and about a kid playing with his toboggan in the snow. He helped out the animals while looking for a wish tree. But we never found out what his wish was, or why he needed the tree in the first place. I like the story, but don‘t think it has the staying power to be on shelves 50 years from now.
#WinterGames2020 #TeamReadnosereindeer +16

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monalyisha

The Wish Tree | Kyo Maclear

Which books are on your #jolabokaflodswap Wish List?

Share the top of your TBR with me! Please tag the titles in the comments. I‘m honestly not sure what I‘d put on mine, were I to sign up! 😵 This *never* happens to me!

Laughterhp I put fantasy books on my wishlist. I love reading fantasy in the winter.

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monalyisha Thanks @Laughterhp & @Jadams1776 ✨ 4y

Jadams89 @monalyisha fair warning, I cried a bit 4y

monalyisha @Jadams1776 I cry easily; nothing new there! 😅 (edited) 4y

MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm I kind of went crazy on my wishlist recommendations while filling out the form. 😅 I have New Spring as probably my top choice. Despite hearing that it‘s less than great, I‘m a completionist and it‘s the prequel to my all-time favorite fantasy series. ❤️🐉❤️

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monalyisha @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm “All-Time Favorite Fantasy Series”! What a label! 💗✨ (edited) 4y

MallenNC I put this one on my list. It‘s new but sounds good. It doesn‘t have a description on here yet.

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MallenNC I also put one I heard about on What Should I Read Next.

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hermyknee I had no idea what to put either so I just kept it at surprise me and cleaned up my Litsy TBR! 4y

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Suet624

The Wish Tree | Kyo Maclear

This probably looks more like a Halloween post, but it‘s all about the tagged book. After reading the book the schoolchildren walked to the library and put their wishes on the tree. Community members are encouraged to do the same. (Frankly it‘s been so gray and rainy that a colored photo would look pretty much the same.) 😀

MelissaSue81 This book made me cry so much. 5y

Suet624 @MelissaSue81 oh no! I‘ve never read the book! Now I‘ll have to check it out. 5y

Reggie So, your wish would be for warmer weather? 5y

Suet624 @Reggie Haha. Less rain, for sure. But the flowers are finally starting to open. All will be right with the world soon. 💕 5y

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ChelseaPerez

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The Wish Tree written by Kyo Maclear and illustrated by Chris Turnham is a Modern Fantasy book that tells the tale of a little boy named Charles who wants to find a wishing tree. His brother and sister do not believe there is any such thing. But Charles and his Boggin do believe there must be. They journey into the woods singing along. They climb up hills and down frosty meadows.

ChelseaPerez They did not see a wishtree but they did see Squirrel who was puzzling how to get hazelnuts into his home, Beaver who was busy gathering birchwood to bring to his lodge, and Fox who was late getting berries to her burrough. As the day passed they grew very tired and still had not found a wishing tree. They fell asleep, and woke up to heavy snow and the much sought after wish tree. 7y

ChelseaPerez He wrote a wish and tied it around a branch on the wishing tree. They celebrated with their friends at huge feast and then finally made their way home. I believe this would be a great Read Aloud or Storytelling book!

Here is a link to an activity kit that goes along with the book and ties into helping the classroom and community which is a Social Studies standard.
http://www.chroniclebooks.com/landing-pages/pdfs/the_wish_tree_activity_kit.pdf 7y

ChelseaPerez EL Language Arts 12. Integrate your English curriculum with other subject areas to expand English vocabulary.
UDL 3.1 Activate or Supply Background Knowledge -Make explicit cross-curricular connections (e.g., teaching literacy strategies in the social studies classroom) #UCFLAE3414F17 7y

kkidwell Such a cute book! I like that you tied it to a Social Studies standard. As educators it's crucial that we utilize lessons as much as possible. We need to incorporate as many standards into our lessons as we can. I'm glad to see that you are already doing this! 7y

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Peddler410

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This is such a lovely book about determination, helping others and friendship! A perfect addition to any winter ❄️ theme collection.

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