This light-hearted story with action-packed illustrations hits bull's eye on a glaring national need motivating children to read. Oh, How I Wished I Could Read! by John Gile produces laughs and gasps that make its "reading is vital" message a child-pleasing joy. Highly acclaimed and a national bestseller, it's a perfect book for fun-loving parents and high spirited teachers who laugh with their children and use humor to teach. Oh, How I Wished I Could Read! is used extensively in schools and even in adult literacy programs to foster reading development. In addition to being the 2011 pick for the New Orleans Literacy Extravaganza, it has been a Scholastic Book Club selection, a Teachers' Choice Award winner, a National Read America! selection, and is included in the Reading is Fundamental Book List.

Oh, How I Wished I Could Read!

Children's Books

Gile, John

Fiorello, Frank

Literature & Fiction

JGC/UNITED PUBLISHING

A boy dreams he is unable to read and recounts the problems he has sitting in wet paint, being chased by dogs, and getting poison ivy and not knowing how to treat the condition because he cannot read signs and labels

Jgc/United Pub Corps

Searching for the Perfect Pumpkin

Action & Adventure

Pumpkin Patch Pub

Pumpkin Patch Cats tells the story of seven funny cats that live in the Pumpkin Patch. On Halloween night these cats dress up in costumes to see who will lead the Cat Parade!

Pumpkin Patch Cats

Animals

The Story of Pumpkin tells the tale of the littlest pumpkin, unpicked for Halloween, tossed out into the winter fields, only to come back to life the following Spring!

The Story of Pumpkin

Pumpkin Patch Publishing

"As the moon and the stars light up the way, scarecrows jump down and begin to play." So begins the night time adventures of the Pumpkin Patch scarecrow family!

Pumpkin Patch Scarecrows

Mom, When Will It Be Halloween?

Holidays & Celebrations

Mom When Will It Be Halloween?

When I Read

A boy does not mind staying inside on a rainy day because of all the places he goes, and all the adventures he enjoys, when he has a book to read.

Growing Up & Facts of Life

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Books by Fiorello, Frank

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Oh, How I Wished I Could Read!

Oh, How I Wished I Could Read!

Searching for the Perfect Pumpkin

Pumpkin Patch Cats

The Story of Pumpkin

Pumpkin Patch Scarecrows

Mom, When Will It Be Halloween?

Mom When Will It Be Halloween?

When I Read

When I Read