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Berger, Lou

The Elephant Wish

48 pp. | Random/Schwartz & Wade | September, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-0-375-83962-7 $16.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-375-93962-4 $19.99
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Ana Juan. On her eighth birthday, Eliza Prattlebottom wishes "that an elephant would come and take me away." After the wish comes true, Eliza's ninety-seven-year-old neighbor convinces her to return to her busy parents and not wish away her childhood. There's an awkwardness to the text and its message, but richly colored acrylic and crayon illustrations depict an appealing world of wishes.
Reviewer: Carrie Harasimowicz Sullivan

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