Books with title Stella and the Wishing Star

As Michael and his mother gaze out the window at the millions of stars in the sky, he questions if wishes really come true if you wish on a star. He also wonders how to know which star is a wishing star. He goes to bed dreaming of the many things he might wish for, when he is awakened by a loud noise and a very bright light. To Michael’s amazement, a real wishing star is in his room. He is now faced with the difficult decision of wishing for the things he wants or wishing for what someone else needs.

Be careful what you wish for! Mildred Hubble, disaster-prone witch in training, is back in a seventh charming magical adventure.Mildred Hubble may be the clumsiest witch at Miss Cackle’s Academy, but as a senior student she’s been assigned the important task of lighting lanterns and candelabras each evening. Inspired by this responsibility, Mildred tries to stay out of trouble. But there are many opportunities for mayhem when a wish on a star leads to a lovable stray pup who, unlike Mildred’s timid tabby, loves to fly on a broomstick. Can Mildred keep Star a secret and avoid setting fire to the school despite an impending talent competition, the disapproving Miss Hardbroom, and her ever-spiteful classmate Ethel Hallow?

Be careful what you wish for! Mildred Hubble, disaster-prone witch in training, is back in a seventh charming magical adventure.Mildred Hubble may be the clumsiest witch at Miss Cackle’s Academy, but as a senior student she’s been assigned the important task of lighting lanterns and candelabras each evening. Inspired by this responsibility, Mildred tries to stay out of trouble. But there are many opportunities for mayhem when a wish on a star leads to a lovable stray pup who, unlike Mildred’s timid tabby, loves to fly on a broomstick. Can Mildred keep Star a secret and avoid setting fire to the school despite an impending talent competition, the disapproving Miss Hardbroom, and her ever-spiteful classmate Ethel Hallow?

When Ella May finds a smooth stone with a line going all-all-all the way around it, she is convinced it has magical powers. Surely such a stone will grant wishes, she thinks. But when her friends want to join in the fun, Ella May says that the stone is too special. Slowly she comes to realize that keeping the stone all to herself is a sure way to lose friends. By using her imagination, Ella May finds a way to make everyone's wishes come true-including her own.

The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy is back in an exciting, very funny 7th adventure.In The Worst Witch and the Wishing Star, Mildred, notoriously the worst witch at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches, makes a wish on a shooting star - and to her great surprise it comes true! But it also spells trouble. Mildred's wish-come-true is a small dog but she has to keep him a secret from her friends, and especially the formidable Miss Hardbroom. It's a disaster waiting to happen...and it does...!The Worst Witch and the Wishing Star launches a stunning new cover look and an appealing squarer format across the whole of the Worst Witch series which includes The Worst Witch; The Worst Witch Strikes Again; A Bad Spell for the Worst Witch; The Worst Witch all at Sea; The Worst Witch Saves the Day and The Worst Witch to the Rescue.Jill Murphy was born in London in 1949. From a very early age she was drawing and writing stories, and was already putting books together (literally, with a stapler) by the time she was six. She went on to study at Chelsea, Croydon and Camberwell Schools of Art. Jill worked in a children's home for four years and as a nanny for a year, before becoming a freelance writer and illustrator. The Worst Witch stories, of which this is the seventh, are some of Puffin's most successful titles.

Be careful what you wish for! Mildred Hubble, disaster-prone witch in training, is back in a seventh charming magical adventure.Mildred Hubble may be the clumsiest witch at Miss Cackle’s Academy, but as a senior student she’s been assigned the important task of lighting lanterns and candelabras each evening. Inspired by this responsibility, Mildred tries to stay out of trouble. But there are many opportunities for mayhem when a wish on a star leads to a lovable stray pup who, unlike Mildred’s timid tabby, loves to fly on a broomstick. Can Mildred keep Star a secret and avoid setting fire to the school despite an impending talent competition, the disapproving Miss Hardbroom, and her ever-spiteful classmate Ethel Hallow?

When Lulu and Sam make a wish to the Wishing Star, a fairy appears. But the young and trendy, guitar-playing Rock’n’roll-rockety-roo is anything but your typical fairy. She grants their wish (well… sort of!) but in her rush to catch a rock concert forgets to leave instructions. Can Lulu and Sam figure out their newfound powers in time to save their friend?A brilliantly illustrated, extraordinarily heartwarming and funny story about the magical adventure of a young girl in a wheelchair and her brother, where disability does not stand in the way of courage, friendship and adventure.

The wishing star is a small, special star; it can make wishes of people and children, from all over the world, come true. “At the edge of the star, a white angel looks ratherlike a lovely and gentle, bearded grandfather.There he sits with a pair of long, soft white wings,And his cape is embroidered in thousands of dreams”.With the help of the star, each person can attempt to find out which is his unique, most important wish. “The Wishing Star” is an enchanted story about the power of faith, about hope and about love.“Millions of requests at all times are receivedFrom all people, in all languages, it’s to be believed.Yet the angel understands all requests: one and all,As they obviously come from the heart, after all.”Lilach Yitzhaki holds an M.A. in Special Education, is a Personal Development Consultant and has worked for many years with children and youth. Her first book, "The Book of Feelings", was published in 2010, and became a bestseller. Her second book “A King for Real?”, was published in 2013. This is her third children’s book.