![]() His best friend, Bongo, is a crow, and a variety of critters, including opossums, skunks, raccoons, and owls, live in and around Red. Wishtree is the story of Red, a 216-year-old Northern Red Oak living in a diverse suburban neighborhood. The girls may or may not have had cereal for dinner that night so I could keep reading instead of cooking them a real meal. ![]() I read it to them the next day as soon as they got home from school. I read it straight through one evening after my daughters were in bed. When I learned that PJ Our Way had selected Wishtree as well, I decided to check it out. Why would a Jewish day school select a book about a talking tree? ![]() When I first saw Wishtree by Katherine Applegate on my daughters’ summer reading list, I thought it was an odd choice. ![]()
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