Wishes is a fun kids book written by Claudia Trinklein-Engman and illustrated by award winning illustrator, Chris Hill. The author (also a child psychologist) self-published this cute and uplifting book called WISHES in order to foster imagination in a uniquely engaging manner, involving the entire family!
One is never too old to believe in the power of hope! And the kids book, WISHES takes you through a memorable day filled with a variety of ways to make a wish- from the familiar wishing on the first star you see at night, to a host of other quirky ways to make wishes! It is fun to read and give you lots of great ideas that may become new family traditions- such as making wishes when you cross railroad tracks!
Wishes Book Excerpt
WISHES is clever, fun and you’ll learn a little Spanish too! The WISHES book has fourteen Spanish phrases interspersed throughout the book (like the one above in blue) and a Spanish/English Glossary at the end.
What people are saying-
“In an age where media saturation supplants children’s urges to dwell in their own imagination, Claudia’s book invites children to find imaginative opportunities everywhere throughout their day, and weaves magic into the activities of everyday life. ” —Jonathan Kopp, PhD, Child Psychologist
You can buy WISHES at Wishes on Amazon or you can get a personalized, signed copy at Alemar Publishing! Pretty cool! You also have the chance to win a WISHES by Claudia Trinklein-Engman right here along with an Amazon gift card to make some wishes come true!
WISHES Autographed Book and $50 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway:
One lucky reader will win one WISHES autographed children’s book by Claudia Trinklein-Engman and one $50 Amazon Gift Card.
WISHES Book Giveaway Dates: January 28- February 11, 2013 Midnight CST
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Giveaway Announcement:
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I did not receive monetary compensation for this post. Opinions expressed are my own. Prize provided by Author.
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Whenever I see a shooting star, I make a wish!
I LOVE Amazon gift cards, and my granddaughter will love the book!!
Neat book for children! We make a wish when we blow out our birthday candles or see a falling star.
Thank You!
Ross Olson
I like that it includes some Spanish too!
We like to wish upon a star
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My children and I love to make wishes when we see falling stars! Cute book!
My favorite way to wish is at 11:11 or your “birth time”- my birthday is November 9th, so my birth/ wish time is 11:09
wishing upon a star
We like wishing on a star.
“When you wish upon a star….makes no difference who you are!” Love wishing on stars!
I need to teach my grandkids about wishing on a star
We wish on falling starts, Blowing out candles, crossing railroad tracks, tossing coins in a wishing well
daughter will love the book
So inspiring
I would love to give this to my nephew
I think it looks so cute. Our favorite way to make a wish is on the first star of the night.
Love to wish on a star.
I like that it encourages hope in a cute way.
When I see a falling star
I love that the book is about Hope! Cute pics too:) Thanks!
I love shooting stars and dandelions!
i love throwing pennies in fountains
I make a wish, when I see a falling star or dropping a coin in a fountain.
I repeat all of my well wishes for others and quick wishes fowewhen the clock reads 11:11
we like to throw money into water fountains and make wishes
I love the fact that the book is so upbeat and positive! What a beautiful way to spread optimism and hope to children!
We make our wishes by blowing out the candles on our birthday!!
I like the way that the book encourages the child to open there minds, dream , and go forward, to use the imagination.
I love that the book fosters imagination.
Upon a star!
I love wishes because they hold such magic, and the kids get so excited. this sounds like a nice book
the book sounds great… I was taught as a child growing up near a river, that the rocks with white lines that went all the way around them/through them were ‘wishing rocks’ and we’d make a wish and toss them into the river
Best wish is when you blow out the birthday candle.
I like to make a wish with a penny in a fountain. Thanks
I like to make a wish when I only see one star in the sky
We like to make a wish by throwing a penny in a fountain!
If some sees the clock says “11:11″, someone says “Make a Wish”
Like a bolt out of the blue
Fate steps in and sees you through
When you wish upon a star
Your dreams come true
sibabe64 at ptd dot net
What a clever way to teach children some words in Spanish!
Wishing upon a star is my favorite, especially if it’s the first star you see.
on a star
We like to make wishes when we blow out birthday candles
We love throwing pennies in fountains and blowing out candles!
i like how it takes you all over the day making wishes
I like that The WISHES book has fourteen Spanish phrases
I like the look of the books because the concept of wishes is something my son is currently very interested in!
when I see a falling star
that it has spanish words
when i notice its 11:11 I make a wish
The kids and I throw a penny in the fountain and make a wish
I like wishing wells
We wish when we blow out the candles on a birthday cake.
I loved the “Wishes” book because it shows that no matter where you are or how crazy it seems , you can make whatever kind of wish you want in whatever kind of way. It opens up your imagination and shows you all these different possibilities on making a wish.
Though this book does gives you many ideas ( Of which my daughter and I can’t wait to try. ) if you don’t know where to start.
Here are mine and my daughters top 6 favorite ways to make a wish.
1. Wishing on a shooting star
2. Throwing a coin into a wishing well or fountain.
3. Making a wish while blowing a dandelion
4. Making a wish every time we happen to look at the clock and it has the same hour/minute. Such as 12:12, 11:11,10:10 etc.
5. Making a wish when we blow out our birthday candles.
6. At exactly 12:00 am on New Years day.
throwing pennies in the fountain
I love that this book encourages kids to use their imagination and believe that anything can happen! We wish on birthday candles!
I make a wish whenever I see a ladybug
I remember hearing the poem Wishing On A Star, that inspired me to look at the stars and make a wish.
We save the wishbones from chickens and freeze them in a jar so we have a jar of wishes
I love that this book includes Spanish words. Our family is beginning to learn Spanish together and books like this is wonderful!
My girls like to blow dandelion “fuzz” and make a wish.
I’m going with the dandelions- it was always too cloudy for stars growing up!
Wish upon the first star at night.
I like to wish upon a star!
I like making my wishes in a wishing well or on a star!
Whenever an eyelash falls out I wish on it and then blow it away.
It sounds odd, but I make a wish every time I see the skunk that lives under our tool shed peacefully eating kitty kibble next to one of the cats from the feral colony near our home. (We feed, trap neuter and release the cats.) It’s not usually a wish that no one gets skunked, either!
favorite way to make a wish is either by praying or by looking at a star
We each make a wish when two people say the same words at the exact same time…..
such as “good morning!” !
I enjoyed reading all of the other wishing ideas…
I just made a secret wish, can you guess what it is?!
what is your favorite way to make a wish?
i like to wish for cash or naked chicks…still wating
looks like a great book….I love learning the different ways to make a wish, maybe one will work for me!!!
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i like how it incorporates learning a bit of spanish
I love wishing on a star
My favorite way to make a wish is to have my daughter take an eyelash from her cheek, put it in her palm, close her eyes, and blow. If the eyelash is gone, her wish will come true.
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On a shooting star.
we love to make wishes on the first star we see at night and love to throw pennies in a fountain and make a wish
wishing upon a star.
My niece could learn some Spanish in a fun, easy way!
I make a wish when I blow out birthday candles .. Always the same wish since I was a kid!
I wish upon a shooting star
I made wishes by blowing on dandelion fuzz as a child
Not only do children make wishes but so do we,very nice book
My children always make a wish in the sky when we see fog (the dragon’s breath).
I like making wishes whenever I see a red bird land
I still make wishes when I throw a penny into a fountain
wishing upon a star or whenever you blow out a candle even when it’s not someones birthday.
Oh goodness, I wish on shooting stars.
I like to wish on my last cigarette.
I like the wish upon a star . It’s a classic.
DREAMS DO COME TRUE !
On a falling star
when i blow out candles on a cake/cupcake!
I wish on the time such as 11:11 or 3:33….anytime the numbers are all the same.
My favorite way to make a wish is to throw a coin over my shoulder at a fountain
i like to make a wish on a falling star
Oh, on the first star!
I make a wish when I blow out birthday candles.
I love to make a wish looking to the stars and moon!
I would love to share this book with my youngest daughter who has just learned to read! Thanks for the chance to win!
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I like how the book has spanish words incorporated in it!
I make a wish on a stray eyelash. Make a wish & blow it away…
I like that it engages children’s imagination, not only through the pictures in the book, but by the child making various wishes for things. I’m not sure what the purpose of the interspersed random Spanish is, to me it doesn’t make sense, but it doesn’t keep me from liking the book in general.
Every night when you wish upon a star!
i have always wishedo n dandelions when i blow them!
wish bone
My favorite wish is to say a Prayer
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thank you
I love to make a wish on a shooting star!!
I love to make a wish on the first star at night!
I love the illustrations and that it includes some Spanish for the kids to learn. Thanks so much for hosting this great giveaway!
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I like that the book encourages children to actively try something.
since i was a kid, i would make wish at night looking up at stard and doing the starlight starbright, first star i see, i wish i may, i wish might have the wish i wish tonight.
I like that it teaches children a little Spanish while telling a good story. I still like to make a wish while blowing away Dandelion seed pods.
This would be great for my grandkids.
Great book for my son’s age.
my favorite way to make a wish is to blow a dandelion
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I like to make a wish when I blow out my candles for my bday:)
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Someone told me in kindergarten to wish on green M&Ms. I still do.
I wish on the first star I see
My kids and I always make a wish when we see the clock say 11:11!
I love that it promotes hope, it’s a great quality to have! I remember having a rabbits foot when I was younger, I thought it was magical!
I think the illustrations are cute and looks like a book my daughter would enjoy.
I like to wish blowing out birthday candles.
I still make wishes on a star.
I still make a wish then blow on the dandelion to send my wishes to the sky.
Our family still plays the wishbone game every Thanksgiving with the ‘wishbone’
Wishing is a daily part of my life!
wishing on a candle
I love how colorful it is!
Wishing upon a star
A way to keep children thinking positively and probably how to make good things happen for them.
like to wish on birthdays
My favortite way to make a wish is to pray the rosary!
We do the ‘lift your feet’ thing at railroad tracks, but for us it’s ‘touch a screw and lift your feet’! I also make wishes at 11:11 and when the clasp of my necklace is in the front. I’m superstitious!
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I liked the art n the book.
Fav way to make a wish…throw a coin in a fountain!
i like how it shows your kids to keep wishes alive and that it has spanish also
I like to make a wish when I find a four leaf clover
My favorite way to make a wish is what I grew up hearing.Star light Star bright first star I seen tonight.I wish a may I wish I might get this wish I wish tonight.You say that when you see the first star at night.I have taught it to my kids.
I always liked birthday candle wishing
I like to make a wish when I throw a penny in a fountain
I like to make a wish when the clasp of my necklace comes around to the front and I have to turn it to the back.
I like making a birthday wish when I blow out the candles.
My favorite way to make a wish is throwing a penny into a beautiful fountain!
Wishes made when blowing out birthday candles are my favorite wishes!
I make my wishes over birthday cakes. Then I eat the yumy cake. lol
By throwing a penny in the pond
My favorite wishmaking method is picking up your feet and holding your breath going through covered bridges.
when blowing out bday candles!
when we blow out our birthday candles
i hope i win
I love shooting stars!
Wishing when 11:11 hits!
I like that Wishes promotes an attitude of hope
We throw a penny into fountains and make a wish!
I love that it encourages imagination and the Spanish is a bonus – my daughter goes to a Spanish-language magnet school and has Spanish three days a week!
I like how it gives kids freedom to use their imagination!
we wish upon a star!
I love to wish on a star! I did that seconds before my husband Proposed. I’ve got a good track record.
misusedinnocence@aol.com
Wishing at 11:11
I like to make a wish upon a star.
We just introduced our daughter to wishbones at Thanksgiving. We have fun with that now!
like to make a wish finding a 4 leaf clover
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Looks like a cute book. I love that it has a little Spanish in it too. Great way to learn.
I have always loved tossing coins into a fountain.
On a star
Action 1: When I see a shooting star, I make a wish.
My daughter said her favorite way to wish is by blowing out birthday candles. Thank you!
my favorite way to make a wish is to close my eyes, cross my fingers, turn around left to right in a circle 3 times and then jump up for joy.
I like making a wish on birthday cakes because it only comes once a year.
Throw coins in the fountain
It sounds like a wonderful book, I’m 38 and I still wish -old and new ways. The wishbone from holiday meals, B’Day candles, stars….and I never tell my wish (I still worry it won’t come true)
My favorite way to make a wish is on a star
That is one thing we can never get taken away from us as we get older “The power to still be able to Wish”
great prizes
When I find a penny face up!
Thanks for the chance.
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11:11 I make a wish!
I like the way it shows how to make everyday activites fun
We wish on rainbows.
I like to make a wish at 11:11!
My favorite way to make a wish is by tossing a coin in a fountain.
i love making a wish on a shooting star!
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I love that there are many Spanish words in the book. I often work with Spanish speaking students so this would be a very fun book to share with them.
My favorite way to wish is on the first star I see at night!
I like making wishes when blowing out the candles on my birthday cake.
wish on a star
in a wishing well
we like wish upon a star
Love the Illustrations
We make a wish blowing out birthday candles.
I like that it has the Spanish words interjected in the story too
We always make a wish when blowing out the candles on birthday cakes and when we have a wishbone from a chicken or a turkey.
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My little niece would love this book!
It has to be a shooting star
cute book; we make a wish when we see a butterfly and also when blowing out birthday cake candles
wish on a shooting star
star light star bright 1 st star I see tonight is how I wish
I remember as a kid sitting on the porch with my mother making wishes on the stars
i love that it incorporates learning spanish as well
My favorite way to wish is on a star!
Wishing on the first star is my favorite.
I like to wish on a star.
When I was a child my favorite way to make a wish was with a wishbone. That always was the highlight of eating a turkey dinner.
I make wishes by just saying them to myself.
My kids and I made wishes by blowing on dandelion
I like to make eyelash wishes with Hugh Jackman!
my favorite is to throw pennies in the wishing well
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We make eyelash wishes!
I like to make a wish blowing out birthday candles
This book really looks like a great book for my kids. I love how they do all different ways of wishing and the way they mixed a few spanish words that kids can have fun learning .
A wishing well!
We like to wish upon a star!
I like to wish on the first star I see at night
I love to throw change in a fountain and make a wish
I like to make wishses on stars
i wish on eyelashes.
like shooting stars ty.
When I Blow Out My Birthday Candles <3
Throwing a coin in a fountain in my favorite.
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Our family always wishes on clocks like 11:11, 2:22 and so on.
Thanks for the chance!
My mom taught me to wish on white horses. There’s a little routine to it..
Wish on the first star.
Thanks for the contest.
I like to use a wishbone.
This might be old school but I wish when I blow out birthday candles lol.
Blowing out Birthday candles
My kids make a wish on the first star they see at night!
I have several ways, such as three yellow lights in a row wishing, eyelash wishing and birthday candles wishing. All awesome.
wishes are so important as a child they create hope and without them life is less happy, so thats why I still believe that wishes do count because sometimes they come true.
My favourite way to make a wish is by praying or meditating
I make a wish on a white horse.
Wishes are really goals and it is a great way to teach a child that you can be whomever you want to be
My 7 year old daughter would love this book… she loves and believes wishing on shooting stars and the first star out at night.
I think its great that the book can create some traditions within the family on making wishes. My favorite way to make a wish is by blowing an eye lash that falls out.
make wishes when I come across fountains
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We like to wish on stars and dandelions.
I like that this book is positive and helps imagination.
Wish upon a star.
This would be a great book for my nephews.. We make wishes on stars and dandelions and wells
I like the colorful illustrations and the creative ways to make wishes. My favorite thing to wish upon is a star.
Blowing out candles
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Throwing a penny in the well has always been my favorite.
We wish on a star. I like the illustrations
My favorite way to make a wish, is when I see a shooting star
We wish when we blow out birthday candles.
my kids love the birthday wish on a candle
I love making wishes on shooting stars. They’re so hard to find, so they feel more worth it!
I like to wish on a full moon.
Ripley.
have fun
a way of letting your kid think positively with expectation for a good future