John Ciardi

The Wish-Tree John Ciardi

Brief Description: "This Dover edition...is an unabridged republication of the work originally published in 1962 by The Crowell-Collier Press, New York"--Copyright page. Brief Description: On his sixth birthday, a boy learns that his wish for a puppy comes with responsibility. Biographical Note: Poet, lecturer, critic, and teacher, John Ciardi was the poetry editor of the "Saturday Review" and translator of an acclaimed edition of Dante's "Inferno."Marc Notes: This Dover edition...is an unabridged republication of the work originally published in 1962 by The Crowell-Collier Press, New York--Copyright page.; On his sixth birthday, a boy learns that his wish for a puppy comes with responsibility. Jacket Description/Back: A little boy who's about to turn six years old is thinking about cake and toys and the best birthday gift of all, a puppy. Daddy tells him to look for a Wish-Tree, on the bark of which is engraved TAKECAREOFYOURWISH. The boy falls asleep as he ponders his father's advice, and he dreams of a Wish-Tree, with a trunk as big as a house and so tall that the sky had to bump up to get over the top of it. A remarkable adventure follows, involving the limitless nature of wishing and responsibility. Written by the noted teacher and poet John Ciardi, this fanciful tale is filled with inventive, dreamlike drawings by Louis S. Glanzman, illustrator of the Pippi Longstocking books. Dover (2015) republication of the edition originally published by the Crowell-Collier Press, New York, 1962. See every Dover book in print atwww.doverpublications.comPublisher Marketing: A little boy who's about to turn six years old is thinking about cake and toys and the best birthday gift of all, a puppy. Daddy tells him to look for a Wish-Tree, on the bark of which is engraved TAKECAREOFYOURWISH. The boy falls asleep as he ponders his father's advice, and he dreams of a Wish-Tree, with a trunk as big as a house and so tall that the sky had to bump up to get over the top of it. A remarkable adventure follows, involving the limitless nature of wishing and responsibility. Written by the noted teacher and poet John Ciardi, this fanciful tale is filled with inventive, dreamlike drawings by Louis S. Glanzman, illustrator of the Pippi Longstocking books.

Contributor Bio:  Ciardi, John John Ciardi (1918 1986), American poet and critic influential in his role as poetry editor of the Saturday Review.