You Don't Always Get What You Hope for
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You Don't Always Get What You Hope for by Rick Walton
This fantastical tale is about a little boy who simply wants toast and juice for breakfast-but instead is snatched up by a tornado and dropped off at a castle, where the king forces him to eat a big banana split. And back home instead of getting to take a simple shower like he wants, he is swooshed away to a pirate ship and forced to walk the gangplank (after that, he doesn't need the shower). From there, things become even more unreasonable as the refrigerator skyrockets into the air and a goof-looking space creature demands one trillion hamburgers. All in a day's work for an imaginative young boy. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Rick Walton became a children's writer because, after trying almost every other career in the book, he finally realized that writing for kids was one of the few things that he both enjoyed and was good at. Since that realization he has had over forty books published, with many more scheduled for publication over the next couple of years. His works include picture books, riddle books, activity books, a collection of poetry, and educational and game software. His books have been featured on the IRA Children's Choice list, on Reading rainbow, and on CBS This Morning.
Rick lives in Provo, Utah, with his wife, Ann, the brains of the household, who also writes for kids, programs computers, masters Rick's website, and does all the home repair that Rick never learned how to do. It was Ann, who grew up in a computer family and who has eight siblings and a father in the computer industry, who dragged Rick kicking and screaming into the computer age. Now Rick doesn't understand how anyone can survive without word-processing programs, e-mail, and their own website.
They have four children, all of whom are learning to love reading, writing, and computers.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780879057398 |
| ISBN 10 | 0879057394 |
| Title | You Don't Always Get What You Hope for |
| Author | Rick Walton |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Gibbs Smith |
| Year published | 1996-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |