What would you do with three wishes? When eleven-year-old Jason Reid is offered three wishes from an Elster of the Third Order called Quicksilver, he starts off greedy and frivolous, and his third wish is always for three more. Soon Jason realizes that Quicksilver is fading from the strain and that he must let him go. But Jason makes his last wish count: he saves the local baseball field and surrounding park from destruction.    "[A] successful combination of the down-to-earth and the extraordinary that is the hallmark of good fantasy." (Canadian Book Review Annual)    "First rate."  (Mudpie Magazine)    "[A] believable blend of realism and magic." (Boston Globe)    "Accessible, well presented and boldly written." (The School Librarian)

The Three and Many Wishes of Jason Reid (Eagle Books)

Hazel Hutchins

Children's Books

Oxford University Press

Anastasia Morningstar (Eagle Books)

Literature & Fiction

A Second Is a Hiccup

"How long is a second?" "A second is a hiccup--the time it takes to kiss your mom, or jump a rope, or turn around." The newest book by acclaimed picture-book creators Hazel Hutchins and Kady McDonald Denton explains units of time in imaginative terms children can understand: A second lasts as long as a hiccup; a week is seven sleeps; and a year is the time it takes to grown into new shoes! Any parent who's been asked, "How long is a minute?" or any kid who's wondered, "What does 'an hour' mean?" will enjoy this smart, simple, and surprising book.

A Second Is A Hiccup

Arthur A. Levine Books

I'd Know You Anywhere

  Another charming rhyming picture book from the celebrated team of Hazel Hutchins and Ruth Ohi.    Jeremy tries to hide among the many toy monsters in his bedroom. But when his father recognizes him, they begin a lovingly simple and repetitious game of verbal hide-and-seek.  "If I became a moss green frog  Beside a singing creek,  Like every other moss green frog  That you might ever meet --  If I became a moss green frog,  Would you know me then?"  "I'd know you anywhere," said his father.    Jeremy's playful imagination skips through other possible disguises and hideaways: an octopus beneath the ocean deep; a sheep upon a mountainside; a cloud drifting high above; a single blade of grass in the yard below; a monster dressed in monster clothes.    After each             poetic question Jeremy's father replies reassuringly, "I'd know you."    And Jeremy laughs and says, "I'd know you too."    Warm, soft watercolor illustrations depict with gentle humor the many incarnations of Jeremy.    A comforting, reassuring book that children and parents will enjoy reading together.  

Ruth Ohi

Annick Press

Eleven-year-old Jason is granted three wishes which land him and his friends in some amazing scrapes.

The Three And Many Wishes of Jason Reid