When Mama finds a wishing star, she tries to make a wish for world peace, but she sneezes, and her kids insist she wished for world pizza - and that's exactly what they get. Different kinds of pizzas rain down all over the world, and everyone eats "until their bellies were full and everyone was happy." The gentle message is that solving world hunger, and bridging differences (by sharing different types of food with new friends, for example), can bring about world peace - or something close. ( )

great for holiday read aloud, winter parties