The Garden of Wishes

Fantasy

Your wishes can change the universe.

Nobody knows. But falling stars are actually seeds. Once they reach the Earth, those little black stones we call meteorites, can be gathered, planted and cultivated. It’s hard, but with the right amount of care they will sprout. And their luminous, magical aura makes people’s dreams come true: it is the flower of wishes. Among the forests of the Apennines there was a star-gardener who had learned how to take care of these delicate, sparkling plants; but after he died, the secret was lost. For a long time the plants he had cultivated did not flower, and the wishes continued to sleep. But then Davide and Margherita came, and discovered that managing people’s dreams is more difficult than you might think. But also much, much more adventurous…

  • A star gardener never plants his own wishes. Selfishness and bad wishes compromise all the seeds
  • A hymn to the power of wishes, able to change the whole universe.
  • A free, powerful adventure, where there is only one rule: never be selfish.
Publisher: DeA Planeta, DeAgostini
Target: 10+
Year: 2020
Author
Azzurra D’Agostino

Azzurra D’Agostino was born and lives in a small town in the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines. She has published several poetry collections (for which she has received the Carducci Prize, the Ciampi Valigie Rosse Prize and was a finalist at the Viareggio-Repaci Prize), and writes for theatre both for adults and children. She had published the picture books Piccoli amori, Intervista alla felicità, Luce and Poesie della neve. She curated Da grande voglio fare il poeta, an anthology of poems written by children – the results of workshops held throughout Italy. Her first children’s novel was released in October 2020: Il giardini dei desideri ("The Garden of Wishes"). In 2023, the palmistry deck she designed was released, with an instruction booklet, Oracolo del destino and picture book for very young children Ciao Nido!. In addition to writing, she runs poetry workshops for people of all ages.

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