Books with title The Wishing Moon

* "A worthy successor to Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret set in present-day Oakland." -Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewThe Moon Within joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content!Celi Rivera's life swirls with questions.About her changing body.Her first attraction to a boy.And her best friend's exploration of what it means to be genderfluid.But most of all, her mother's insistence she have a moon ceremony when her first period arrives. It's an ancestral Mexica ritual that Mima and her community have reclaimed, but Celi promises she will NOT be participating. Can she find the power within herself to take a stand for who she wants to be?A dazzling story told with the sensitivity, humor, and brilliant verse of debut talent Aida Salazar.

BThe dazzling story of a girl navigating friendship, family, and growing up, an IAre You There God, It's Me Margaret?/I for the modern day, from debut author Aida Salazar./B****Four starred reviews!***** "A worthy successor to Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret set in present-day Oakland." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewCeli Rivera's life swirls with questions. About her changing body. Her first attraction to a boy. And her best friend's exploration of what it means to be genderfluid.But most of all, her mother's insistence she have a moon ceremony when her first period arrives. It's an ancestral Mexica ritual that Mima and her community have reclaimed, but Celi promises she will NOT be participating. Can she find the power within herself to take a stand for who she wants to be?A dazzling story told with the sensitivity, humor, and brilliant verse of debut talent Aida Salazar.

****Four starred reviews!***** "A worthy successor to Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret set in present-day Oakland." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewCeli Rivera's life swirls with questions. About her changing body. Her first attraction to a boy. And her best friend's exploration of what it means to be genderfluid.But most of all, her mother's insistence she have a moon ceremony when her first period arrives. It's an ancestral Mexica ritual that Mima and her community have reclaimed, but Celi promises she will NOT be participating. Can she find the power within herself to take a stand for who she wants to be?A dazzling story told with the sensitivity, humor, and brilliant verse of debut talent Aida Salazar.

Discover the story of one boy and a magical wishing well.The Wishing Well is a rhyming children’s book written by Eldad Nahmias containing valuable lessons for the young mind on self-esteem and an appreciation for the simpler and truly valuable things in life. The book follows the story of a boy who discovers a magical wishing well and uses it to make all his wishes come true so he can be happy only to later discover for himself where true happiness is to be found.Follow a young boy as he stumbles upon a wishing well that grantshim every wish. He wants to become cool and special, with a big house and tons of toys, and thewishing well gives him all of this.But despite each wish getting bigger and bigger, he still doesn’t feel happy. Every wish comes with aa new and bigger problem and he eventually discovers that it’s not what you have that makes youcool or special — it’s who you are.With beautiful illustrations, The Wishing Wellmakes the perfect bedtime story for ages 2 and up. Grab your copy today!