This is a children’s story book, for ages 4 to 8 years but certainly is for reading to younger children as well. The story is interesting and encourages questions and discussion, about dreams and wishes. The colorful illustrations lend themselves well to the story and are interesting to those are listening. I am a dad, grandfather and soon to be a great grandfather. I was born during the war in Graz Austria April 7 1943, lived in a castle in southern Germany from age six to nine, immigrated to Alberta, Canada with my parents in April of 1952. Not speaking one word of English I had to learn the language in order to communicate with the rest of my classmates and English speaking people.