The Night Of Wishes by Michael Ende tr. Heike Scwarzbauer and Rick Takvorian, ill. Regina Keen

The latest release from The New York Review Children’s Collection, a highly recommended series of red-cloth-spined hardbacks. 

Originally published in 1989 as Der satanarchaolugenialkohllische Wunschpunsch this is both a fast-paced fantasy and a whimsical satire of bureaucracy and its discontents. It’s estimated that Ende’s books have sold more than 35 million copies worldwide.

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