A Wish is a Seed

Children’s wishes are magical. A young child will firmly close his eyes to help make his wish come true while blowing out the candles on a birthday cake. Every new wish holds a tiny secret that may not be realized if spoken aloud. With the use of poetic language, A Wish is a Seed follows the journey of a wish through an understated landscape, carried by the wind over water, through canyons, onto busy streets and rooftops, skirting raindrops until it quietly takes root where it’s intended to grow and bloom to fulfill a child’s heart’s desire. The lovely, reflective verse ponders dreams and promises, imagining how a wish comes to be true.

The text, itself, also plays a role in the story, carried by the wind; it floats across the page sometimes curved, upside-down and sideways. The illustrations reflect the pensive mood of the story with dark blues and greens accented with an orange light, the backgrounds eventually becoming lighter as the wish is nurtured.