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Abiyoyo Returns Cover art by Michael Hays ©2010

This is a story of faith and friendship that is sure to capivate all children–those who believe in magic and those who don’t.

Lucille Clifton is the author of poetry and children’s books. She is a mother and a grandmother and is presently Distinguished Professor of Humanities at St. Mary’s College of Maryland.
















Three Wishes

by Lucille Clifton
illustrated by Michael Hays

Delacorte Press 1992

“Find a penny on New Year’s Day with your birthday year on it, and you can make three wishes on it and the wishes will came true! It happened to me,” explains Nobie. As each of Nobie’s wishes comes true, she discovers the really important things in life.

Originally published in 1976, Lucille Clifton’s Three Wishes is given renewed life through Michael Hays’s luminous new illustrations that are as magical–and as heartwarming-as the text.

Abiyoyo Returns art by Michael Hays ©2010