Children around the world are reading The Wish Trees children’s environmental story book.
Photos: The Wish Trees in Mumbai Village, Zambia, Vancouver, Canada and Umvoti, South Africa.
Inspiring and uplifting, The Wish Trees is rooted in the idea that every child can help make the world a better place. Pre-readers and early readers will love turning the pages of this environmental storybook to reveal children from around the globe planting Wish Trees and making wishes. Kids will discover the wonder of trees and enjoy searching for different animals and signs with each new page.
Soulful, empowering and beautifully written by Canadian writer Andrea Koehle Jones The Wish Trees features adorable and engaging illustrations by talented Venezuelan children’s book illustrator Alicia Padrón.
Buy The Wish Trees e-book here:
• Ripple Reader (Record The Wish Trees on Ripple Reader)
Ripple is a web-based tool that lets you make private recordings of children’s picture books and send those recordings electronically to the special kids in your life. Recipients will be able to keep the recordings for a lifetime and listen to them over and over again, following along with the actual book in their lap.
People are using Ripple to…
Stay close to kids in another geographic location.
Pre-record stories to entertain children during long auto, plane and train trips.
Capture the voice of a loved one whose health is failing.
Meet school requirements for read-aloud time.
Supplement in-person literacy instruction (teachers can actually record instructional
comments along with the text of a book).
Give a gift that doesn’t take up any space and is eco-friendly.
