[.ca] The Wish Giver: Three Tales of Coven Tree (ISBN 0064401685)

The Wish Giver:
This story is about a strange man named Thaddeus Blinn who came to the town of Coven Tree. He had a tent and a sign in front of it read that he could give whatever anyone asks for and it was only 50 cents. Most poeple walked by thinking that there was no such thing as making dreams come true except Rowena, Polly, Adam, and Stew Meat. They recieved a card with a red dot on the middle and were told to make a wish while pressing the red dot. They all walked out with the card in their hands and went home and tried forgetting about it because they thought it was impossible. They all made their wishes after a couple of days, but the bad news was that none of them got their wishes the way they wanted it. All except Stew Meat had made a wish. He was still thinking of what he should wish for... My favorite character in this story was Stew Meat because he was kind... After reading this book, it made me wonder if there could really be a person out there who can grant wishes and other magical things. This was one of my favorites and another story that has magic like in this book is Harry Potter.This book has been recommended to me by a teacher because I liked the book, Harry Potter so much. I think that poeple who are interested in adventors and mysterious magic, will like this book and also learn a lesson from it too.

Watch the way you wish!:
The Wish Giver, a story told by a character, Stew Meat, broken up into three tales, a prologue, and an epilogue, is fantastic! Written by Bill Brittain and illustrated by Andrew Glass. The book starts off with the prologue; "The Strange Little Man", where Stew starts off with the first wild adventure. Stew Meat stumbles across a mildew covered tent that says: THADEUS BLINN, I CAN GIVE YOU WHATEVER YOU ASK FOR... ONLY .50 cents. Curiously, Stew casually walk into the tent, looking at the bench and spotting Polly Kemp; a fresh mouthed little girl with braided pig-tails, next to Polly sat Rowena Jervis; a fifteen, love-struck, young lady, and a good distance apart from her sat Adam Fiske; a young man that pretty much keeps to himself. When Stew sat down, Thaddeus Blinn told them "I can give you each one wish, but think about how to say it and what to say, for your wish will be granted exactly as it is said." After paying their fifty cents, Thaddeus gives them each a white rectangular card with a red spot on it. Off went Thaddeus Blinn, with his mildew covered tent and $2.00, never to be seen in Coven Tree again. It would take too long for me to tell all of the tales, what with all of the great language, so I'll tell my favorite one; "Jug-a-rum". This tale is about Polly Kemp. Sometimes her mouth gets the best of her and gets her into trouble! Luckily, her best friends, Leland and Lenora Wickstaff are there to help her out this time. Polly only has 2 friends, the Wickstaff twins. Her wish, obviously, contained having attention and more friends. Well, Polly gets her wish, but not the way she wanted it to happen. To give you a hint on what happens, she likes frogs and other critters in that category. Also, don't forget that the name of this tale is "Jug-a-rum". I got so into the book, that I felt like I was there with Polly, Rowena, and Adam during their adventures. Think that the author's message is that you should whatch what you wish for and how you say. I loved this book and I know that you would, and hopefully will too!

The Wish Giver:
The Wish Giver was a good it is adventurous. There is four main characters they are Polly, Rowana, Adam. Stew. They all made the wishes and they all went wrong. Polly's wish was to be popular. And it went wrong. Rowana's wish was that Henry would put down roots in Coven Tree. Adam's wish was that it would rain, because the crops were dry. Stew's wish was that all the other wishes would turn back to normal.

The Wish Giver:
I read the book called The Wish Giver. The book started out slow but as I started to read more into the books I thought it was good. When people started to make wishes it made me wonder what I would want to wish for. When I first asked myself that question I thought that I would wish for more wishes, but after I read the book I changed my mind I would wish for there to be no more wishing because all the wishes turned out to be bad. I would recomend this book to any one who likes an adventure or just likes to read or hear a good story that pulls you in to read more as the book goes on. Over all I found the book very interesting.

A Great Book:
This is a wonderful book by the author of Dr. Dredd's Wagon of Wonders. It's about four people and the effects of wish cards sold to them by a strange man named Thaddeus Blinn. The four recipients of these cards are Polly Kemp, Rowena Jervis, Adam Fiske, and the town shopkeeper, "Stew Meat". Thaddeus Blinn's cards have the power to grant any wish that is asked of it- exactly as it is phrased- for only fifty cents. This is a great book, and I would recommend it to anyone, along with the other books that tell of Coven Tree. Very exciting!