When Wishes Were Horses - Hardcover

Addy, Sharon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0618131663 ISBN 13: 9780618131662

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2002

Synopsis

On a hot, dusty day in Dusty Gulch as Zeb is walking to the general store, he wishes for a horse, but soon his one horse grows into a snorting, stamping herd that completely discombobulates the entire town.

About this title

About the Author:

Sharon Hart Addy is the author of Right Here on This Spot, which won the Archer/Eckbald Picture Book Award, and A Visit with Great-Grandma, a CCBC Choice for 1989, and other books. Her work also appears in children's magazines. Sharon Hart Addy lives in Oak Creek, Wisconsin.

Brad Sneed has illustrated many books for children, including Higgins Bend Song and Dance which was hailed by School Library Journal as a "whopper of a fish tale." He lives in Prairie Village, Kansas.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 2-This hyperbolic wishing story should appeal to young horse fanciers. Young Jeb sees a stranger on horseback and wishes he had a horse. The stranger winks and a horse appears. It is soon evident that each time Jeb utters the words "I wish," another horse, each one a different color, will appear. Jeb goes from being delighted to horrified as the number of animals mounts up. Desperate, he tries to wear out the spell by uttering wish after wish until he is surrounded by a milling herd. Finally, he wishes that his wishes would just be wishes, and the creatures disappear. This amusing twist on the traditional granted-wish-that-gets-out-of-control motif is greatly enhanced by Sneed's watercolor illustrations of lean and lanky people, an Old West town, and a spirited collection of multicolored mustangs. While Jay Williams's One Big Wish (Macmillan, 1980; o.p.) is an even more satisfying wish-gone-wrong story, young listeners should enjoy this flight of fancy.
Louise L. Sherman, formerly at Anna C. Scott School, Leonia, NJ
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0618131663
• ISBN 13: 9780618131662
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Sneed Brad