If wishes were ice cream, our cones would be doubles.
If wishes were soapsuds, we''d blow shining bubbles.

In this charming new picture book, children and their wild imaginations take centre stage! In a true celebration of wishers and dreamers, Jean Little entertains readers with bouncy rhymes depicting kids'' favourite wishes - from puppies to pancakes; and sundaes to snowflakes.

Governor General''s award-winning Canadian illustrator Geneviève Côté infuses each page with her inventive illustrations, literally turning each spread into a carnival of fun!

If wishes were stories, there would only be one - this one!

Geneviève Côté is the illustrator of the picture books Me and You (Comme toi!), Without You (Sans toi!), What Elephant? (Quel éléphant?), and With You Always, Little Monday (Je suis là, Petit Lundi). Her art has appeared in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, and her awards include the Governor General''s Award for Children''s Illustration and the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Award. She lives in Montreal, Quebec. Visit her online at www.genevievecoteillustration.com.

"When I was a child, I was always wishing. "I wish I had a dog of my own," I would sigh. Then my grandmother would smile and say, "If wishes were horses, beggars would ride." I knew she must mean my wish would not come true, but what did that have to do with horses or beggars? I now know that this saying was first used four hundred years ago. Rich people rode around on horseback or in coaches. Poor people walked. But beggars, watching the wealthy ride by, must have wished they too could have a horse." -Jean Little