Jubal許下一個希望大家都快樂的心願，可是事情好像跟他所想像的不同，或許\還更糟，怎麼會這樣呢？也許就正如書中所說的：\r
“ Dreams and wishes,
wishes and dreams.
Sometimes they work,
And sometimes they don’t.
You never know how they’ll turn out in the end.”
是一則相當?馨的故事，全書的插圖很棒喔！適合8歲以上兒童閱讀。One bright, sunny day, young Jubal Bullfrog invites his friends Gerdy Toad and sailboat captain Dalbert Lizard to share a picnic. But, alas, Gerdy has work to do. And besides, her house is a mess, and her seven toadlets are into everything. "Work, work, work," she grumps, "that's all I ever do." As for Dalbert, he's one morose lizard. "No one wants to sail in an old boat with an old captain," he mourns. Poor Jubal. It's not easy being green. More than anything, he wishes he could do something to make his friends happy. But wishes are funny things, as the bullfrog learns--sometimes they work and sometimes . . . If Audrey Wood's sweet-spirited story of the magical power of friendship is occasionally a bit too sunny, Don Wood's lavish double-page pictures, packed with personality, add a touch of dramatic darkness, humor, and narrative unpredictability that will leave most readers wishing for more. Michael Cart
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