My Wishes for You - Hardcover

Geras, Adele

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0689853335 ISBN 13: 9780689853333

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2002

Synopsis

This picture book with gentle illustrations featuring diverse animals offers a reassuring tale about love as parents tell of their hopes for love and simple pleasures in their children's lives.

About this title

About the Author:

Adèle Geras is an award-winning poet and author who has written more than seventy books for readers of all ages, including Troy, which was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Award, and Golden Windows and Other Stories of Jerusalem, which won the National Jewish Book Award for Children's Literature. She was born in Jerusalem and lives in Manchester, England, with her family.

From Publishers Weekly:

With the words, "I wish you..." as an introduction and unspoken refrain, Geras (Troy) launches an extended rhapsody on the hopes and promises that parents lavish upon their offspring. British artist Wright particularizes the blank verse with austere, taupe-toned watercolors depicting a day in the life of a bunny and its nurturing parents. "I wish you.../ A kind gaze following you/ as you walk./ A smile to smile at when you/ turn your head" accompanies an illustration of the mother and father rabbit anxiously but stoically watching their long-eared child as he or she heads into the world-which in this case, means a forest filled with predators (a hawk circles overhead, a hunter and his dog prowl the brush). But the bunny emerges unscathed (despite his conspicuous red sweater) and, playful as ever, blithely accepts its parents' unconditional affection. The bunny beds down for the night on an exposed hilltop, confident that he or she will be safe in their care. The greeting-card sentimentality that defines the book from beginning to end may not have much emotional resonance for youngsters, but the adult perspective about letting go may appeal to some parents. Ages 3-7.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0689853335
• ISBN 13: 9780689853333
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Wright Cliff