About the Book: Wishing Well
In this emotionally rich story from New York Times bestselling author Gideon
Sterer and award-winning illustrator Emily Hughes, a monster trapped at the
bottom of a wishing well plots his escape, reminding us that true wealth is
measured not in coins but in love, freedom, and the beauty of nature. Plip!
Plop! Plip! The coins fall down into the well, and at the bottom is the monster
who must record all the wishes. The people wish for puppies, or ponies, but most
of all, they wish to be rich. They think that will make them happy. But the
monster, surrounded