Billy Miller Makes a Wish
Kevin Henkes - love his "Mouse Books" especially "Chrysanthemum", "Wemberly Worried" and "Owen". This book is the second in the Billy Miller set of books and it was the Texas Bluebonnet Award nominee for the year 2022-2023. Even though it is the second in the set of Billy Miller books, it can be read as a stand-alone chapter book.
This book gives you a very realistic story. Throughout the entire plot of the story, you stay very close to the family in the story and their relationships. It is about an exciting birthday wish that Billy Miller makes but quite the opposite set of events that follow. This is an emotional story in which the author gives the readers an insight into how a child feels, thinks, and reacts.
It is a simple short read or read-aloud for a 2nd grader and up. The feelings and reactions of Billy Miller in this story could be very relatable to kids of this age.