{"product_id":"the-wishing-bone-and-other-poemsisbn-9780763611187","title":"The Wishing Bone, and Other Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eAmusingly absurd and playfully profound, this delightfully illustrated volume of original poems is sure to tickle the fancy of children and adults alike.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt happened on a winter’s day\u003cbr\u003e(The air was cold, the sky was gray):\u003cbr\u003eOut walking in the woods alone,\u003cbr\u003eI came upon a wishing bone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat would you do if everything you wished came true? How does a white rhinoceros take his tea? Where can you find the elusive purple tiger? Who wanders in the whiffle bog on a bilgy, bulgy night? Resonating with childlike questions, the fanciful poems in THE WISHING BONE invite readers to think and to dream. Full of illustrations as fresh and whimsical as the verse, here is a collection to read aloud and savor for its sheer verbal and visual exuberance.Stephen Mitchell is a renowned writer, translator, and anthologist. His more than thirty books for adults and children include THE NIGHTINGALE (a retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic story), \u003cbr\u003eas well as translations of Rilke, Genesis, and the TAO TE CHING. This is his first collection of poems for children. Of the poems in THE WISHING BONE, he says, \u003cbr\u003e\"They’ll tell you all you need to hear,\u003cbr\u003eThey’ll whisper to your inner ear,\u003cbr\u003eAnd sometimes they will make you laugh\u003cbr\u003eAs if you saw a pink giraffe\u003cbr\u003eTap-dancing with a tuna fish.\u003cbr\u003eThey make no bones: Their dearest wish\u003cbr\u003eIs that you like them. If you do,\u003cbr\u003eThen (naturally) they’ll like you.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTom Pohrt has illustrated many children’s books, including the best-selling CROW AND WEASEL by Barry Lopez. He is a self-taught artist. This is his first book with Candlewick Press.","brand":"Candlewick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303516393701,"sku":"NP9780763611187","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780763611187.jpg?v=1730754539","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-wishing-bone-and-other-poemsisbn-9780763611187","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}