These Things I Wish

by Lee Pitts

Book Overview

Cherish the values of an earlier time, when household chores and simple pleasures -- not the latest video game or a new car at sixteen -- helped children to develop their character When Paul Harvey... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060890185
• ISBN13: 9780060890186
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: ReganBooks
• Length: 55 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.1" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Should be required . . .

The author puts down the thoughts that many of us traditional folks think. He's writing to his children (or grandchildren) that they should suffer some hardships in their lives. He says he wishes they would lose games, not get picked, all the things most parents and grandparents tried to shield the kids from. Lee Pitts understands that to grow and to be a strong character that they must have failure. It's extremely well illustrated and it almost more like a poetry book. It's not a "downer" but instead, reading it gives you hope that someone worked to put these thoughts out for others to use. I gave my grandsons a copy and had the 13 year old read it outloud. Not sure he "got it" but hopefully some day he will. Excellent thoughts in these days of no accountability.

These Things I Wish

Awesome book! Love the illustrations and is so true of things long ago that children now days don't experience, and need to. Can't wait to share this with my Grandchildren.