The Wish Trees

Canadian Children’s Book Inspires 275 Calgary Students to Help Plant 73 Trees

Collage showing The Wish Trees book illustration, a Calgary student exploring an outdoor StoryWalk and children planting trees at Prince of Wales School.

The Wish Trees book comes to life through an interactive outdoor StoryWalk that connects children’s hopes with hands-on environmental action. Updated October 25, 2026: We’ve received some of the heartfelt wishes Prince of Wales School students made for their newly planted trees. Their hopes for clean water, healthy forests and a better world add a touching new chapter to this Calgary outdoor classroom project. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CALGARY, Alberta, October 17, 2026 — What happens when a children’s book inspires an entire elementary school to turn its wishes for a better world into … Read more

Students Bring Wish Trees to Life—And You Can Too!

Your Students Can Create Their Own Wish Trees, Inspired by Beloved Children’s Book Even with all the challenges in the world today, the future shines brilliantly when you see the creativity and hope reflected in these school projects! Students at a Toronto school took part in a ChariTree Foundation environmental … Read more

Talking to kids about climate change (by Andrea Koehle Jones)

Help your children be part of the solution  By Climate Journalist ANDREA KOEHLE JONES (EcoParent Magazine) When is the right time to talk to your kids about climate change? The answer is simple: the time is now. According to Tzeporah Berman, environmentalist, author, and the international program director of Stand.Earth, … Read more

The Wish Trees: New learning resource for teachers

A new teaching resource for The Wish Trees: How Planting Trees Can Help Make the World a Better Place includes discussion prompts and student activities for K-Grade 2. If your students want to learn about trees, there’s no better way than planting Wish Trees. The idea, inspired by the children’s … Read more