Katherine Applegate, illus. by Charles Santoso ... an enormous red oak near an elementary school that also serves as a “wishtree” for the neighborhood—once a... Although he is “not ...

Ella was creating her own wish tree based on the book, Wishtree by Katherine Applegate, which all JPS elementary schools are currently reading in the classroom and at home with their families. The ...

The play is based on an oak tree, Red, who is the neighborhood “wishtree.” Neighbors often write their wishes on cloth and tie them to Red’s branches. “I read the book and was totally ...