In simple text and pictures, the author and illustrator create a compendium of small daily moments.

Carmela, finally old enough to run errands with her brother, tries to think of the perfect wish, while his wish seems to be that she stayed home.

A seven-day book of magic proves to be fractious for five children, who must learn the book's rules and tame its magic.

When the Bailey School kids find an old bottle and open its stopper their wishes start to come true, and they wonder if the new man in town might just be a genie.

In winter Charles and his trusty toboggan set out to find the wish tree, and along the way he helps to make the wishes of his friends Squirrel, Fox, and Beaver come true.

Three sisters in the town of Willow Hill participate in a fabled tradition of making three wishes and find out what they really want only after their wishes come true.

"When Gemma Wilde gets dumped by her very practical long-term boyfriend, she reacts the way any twenty-eight-year-old would: by getting drunk with her sister, kooky aunt, and best friend, Dax, and performing a love cleanse to forget all about him. Sure, it sounds a little crazy, but nothing else has worked, so why not try it? They follow the spell, complete with an absolutely platonic kiss from Dax to seal the deal, and Gemma falls asleep in a margarita...

Sister Bear learns about the magic of the wishing star, but Brother Bear teaches her that hard work is also important.

When Lindsey and her friends play the wishing game "Bloody Mary" in front of a strange antique mirror, one by one their wishes start coming true, with horrifying results.

"Lucy Young is twenty-six and tired. Tired of fetching coffees for senior TV producers, sick of going on disastrous dates, and done with living in a damp flat with roommates who never buy toilet roll. After another disappointing date, Lucy stumbles upon a wishing machine. Pushing a coin into the slot, Lucy closes her eyes and wishes with all her might: Please, let me skip to the good part of my life. When she wakes the next morning to a handsome man,...