"Red is an oak tree who is many rings old. Red is the neighborhood "wishtree"--People write their wishes on pieces of cloth and tie them to Red's branches. Along with a crow named Bongo and other animals who seek refuge in Red's hollows, this wishtree watches over the neighborhood. You might say that Red has seen it all. Until a new family moves in. Not everyone is welcoming, and Red's experience as a wishtree is more important than ever"--

Following a town tradition, Natasha makes three wishes at the willow tree on Wishing Day, and after one comes true, she holds out hope that her second wish--that her mother, who disappeared eight years earlier, is alive--will as well.

A collection of three novellas explores what happens when three friends make wishes at a pizzeria and get more than they asked for.

In Ancient Times, Gladys the dancing chicken goes on an epic adventure when she is mistaken for a magical chicken who grants wishes to those she encounters.

A child presents ten essential rules of birthday wishes, from planning the right party through having the right dessert--with a light to blow out--to keeping the wish secret.

Relates the story of a magician, healer, and mother who fulfills her family's dreams in the midst of war.

The members of the Lambchop family react differently when a boisterous genie grants their wishes for fame, power, and the ability to fly.

Overview: It's a beautiful, sunny day, and Jubal Bullfrog has prepared a delicious picnic lunch to share with his friends. Skipping down the flower path, he's so happy his feet barely touch the ground. But Gerdy Toad is much too busy and much too grumpy to share Jubal's picnic lunch. And Captain Dalbert Lizard is tired and depressed. How Jubal wishes he could do something to make his friends happy as he is on this glorious day. When Jubal plops down...

Every wish is fulfilled on the First of Octember.

Nimbus, a lonely pegasus, searches for a fallen star to wish for a friend and meets a unicorn named Kelp along the way.