The Wishing Tree

by Mary Redman, Christina Rodriguez (Illustrator)

When her father leaves for a deployment, to try to make the waiting easier for herself, Amanda decides to make a wishing tree. Includes instructions and information about wishing trees.

32 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2008

Reviews

[Traci Cook · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a simple but beautiful story of a military child working to keep communications open with her deployed dad. We read this at an FRG Meeting to our kids then created our own wishing trees, complete with yellow ribbon messages. It was a wonderful story and activity for our Army kids. http://pinterest.com/myarmylife/the-w...

[Beverly · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a short picture book that provides a great idea to help older children (though you could do it with younger children if an adult writes for them) cope with the deployment of a parent. I think the idea of a wishing tree is so good, I'm going to do one for myself.