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The magic stone

2021
"Kirby is a pessimistic kid. He's a good student with some close friends. But he's intimidated by schoolmate Lee, who always seems to have better grades and more friends. On the way home from school one day, Kirby saves a man from being hit by a truck. The man gives him a magic stone. You make a wish and rub the stone, the man tells Kirby. Your wish will come true. Kirby is skeptical, but then his wishes start to come true!"--Publishers website.

Wishtree

2023
An old red oak tree tells how he and his crow friend, Bongo, help their human neighbors get along after a threat against an immigrant family is carved into the tree's trunk.

Narwhalicorn and Jelly

2022
With the help of Star, Narwhal, who is now a Narwhalicorn, and Jelly embark on an out-of-this-world adventure to a planet filled with unicorns, but when Jelly wishes he were back home, Narwhal must find a way to cheer him up.

Hummingbird

When twelve-year-old Olive, who suffers from brittle bone disease and has been homeschooled all her life, finally attends school in person she soon discovers fitting in is not that easy, but if she can find the magical wish-granting hummingbird that supposedly lives nearby, and prove herself worthy, maybe her deepest wish will be granted.

Billy Miller makes a wish

2022
"On his eighth birthday, Billy Miller wishes for something exciting to happen. None of his wishes are answered the way he expects, but he does have lots of surprises--and the final one is possibly the best one ever"--Provided by publisher.

Careful what you wish for

2022
"Eshana is a bit of a social misfit. She feels more comfortable talking to people online than in person. One day she discovers a website that claims to make users' dreams come true. Eshana starts talking with someone called Wise One on the site and admits to them how hard it is to make friends. So she is very surprised the next day at school when suddenly everyone wants to talk to her. But then, after telling Wise One about a girl who has been bullying her, something terrible happens. Are Eshana's wishes really coming true? is it worth the cost?"--Provided by publisher.

A comb of wishes

Three months after her mother's death, twelve-year-old Kela is still grieving and feels haunted by the last argument she had with her mother. But when Kela and her friend Lissy stumble across an ancient-looking comb in a coral cave, Kela finds herself coming face-to-face with the mermaid Ophidia. Ophidia's magic requires that she make a bargain with whoever finds her comb in exchange for a wish. Kela's greatest wish is for her mother to be alive again, but she soon learns this wish may come at much too high a cost.

The pug who wanted to be a mermaid

Peggy the pug is going on vacation to the seaside! Her special friend Chloe is excited, too, and hopes that she'll see a mermaid. But even though Chloe and Peggy search the beach, they can't find a mermaid anywhere. Not wanting her friend to be disappointed, Peggy decides that she'll just have to become a mermaid herself! But that means that she's going to have to learn how to doggy paddle...

The pug who wanted to be a unicorn

When Peggy the pug puppy is abandoned at the animal shelter just before Christmas, unicorn-loving Chloe's family takes her in for a week. The playful pug loves Chloe and wishes she could stay with her forever. But Chloe doesn't want a dog - she wants a unicorn! Believing anything is possible, Peggy decides she will somehow turn into a unicorn to make Chloe's Christmas. Can Peggy somehow find a way to become a unicorn, making Chloe's Christmas wish and her own wish for a new home come true?.

Star Knights

Tad the frog dreams of becoming a legendary Star Knight, but he is crushed when he learns that he can never become one because everyone thinks he is a mud-dweller, a servant of the Marsh Witch. When the stars fall to Earth once more, Tad is turned into Star Knight, and he embarks on a magical adventure to help the Star King, Stello, return to space. But everything changes when Tad discovers the truth about the what happened to the Star Knights all those years ago, and with the help of his new friends, he sets out to prove anyone can be a hero.

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