DREAMING OF YOU: Picture Book Giveaway

27 books were given away to elementary teachers, school librarians, public librarians, and amazing literacy folks.
With our thanks to Boyds Mills Press!

 

ABOUT THE BOOK

Dreaming of You
By Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
Illustrated by Aaron DeWitt
Published by Boyds Mills Press
ISBN-13: 9781629792125
Age Range: 3-6 Years

This soothing bedtime story explores the question, When animals sleep, what do they see in their dreams? The lyrical text tells readers that chipmunks dream of digging deep burrows, puppies dream of long, waggy walks, and horses dream of wild, windy rides. But most of all, the animals dream of all the fun and adventure the next day will bring. The gentle rhymes and gorgeous, serene illustrations combine to create a comforting story perfect for transitioning from a busy day to being tucked in peacefully at night.
 

 

“Sweetly imaginative, linguistically rich, and featuring enlivening vocabulary with lots of active verbs and new and interesting nouns and adjectives, this offers a fresh entry in the familiar canon of bedtime reads. Children will be delighted by the various animals’ activities and the notion that feathered, furred, and scaly sleepers like themselves enjoy nothing better than dreaming of kids. A delightful answer to the oft-asked question, do animals dream?”
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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“Well-crafted, undulating rhymes cover 10 animals in total, and although the animals’ dreams often involve exploration and play, the mood always remains restful…Working in mixed media, DeWitt combines watery portraits of chipmunks, frogs, fish, and fireflies with crisply collaged backdrops and charcoal-like flourishes of added detail. VanDerwater’s repeated second-person references are all but certain to have readers imagining themselves in the animals’ frolics…It’s a lovely bedtime sendoff for animal-loving children that will leave them with ample imaginative fodder for their own dreams.” 
—Publishers Weekly
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“…The refrain invites readers to imagine what animals see in their dreams. This repetition is broken at the last few pages when the sun rises and dreams are just for remembering. Mixed media illustrations, each dedicated to a different type of creature, depict the animals doing what they do best…This picture book, filled with vibrant colors, is a bedtime story that will delight young animal lovers. A soothing addition.”
—School Library Journal

 

EXPLORE & DOWNLOAD THE STORY HOUR KIT

The sequential poems in the picture bookDreaming of You tell us what ten animals see in their dreams. In this Story Hour Kit, those ten poems have been turned into ten Poetry Pockets. After a read aloud, children can go from pocket to pocket guessing which animal each poem is about. To affirm their choice, they can reach into the pocket and pull out a card with the featured animal on it. Those cards can be turned into a vertical mobile to hang in their sleeping space or a small book for the bedside.
DOWNLOAD Dreaming of You: Story Hour Kit (PDF)
 

GIVEAWAY WINNERS

1st Church Preschool Cheshire CT
Apache Junction Public Library Apache Junction AZ
Asotin County Library Clarkston WA
Auten Road Intermediate School Hillsborough NJ
Brooklin School Brooklin ME
Central School Library Larchmont NY
Chesterfield Township Library Chesterfield MI
Chippewa Falls Public Library Eau Claire WI
Deerfield Public Library Deerfield IL
Eastern Shore Public Library Accomac VA
Emil M Larson Public Library Clark SD
Georgia Southern University Savannah GA
Hancock Library/North Cross School Roanoke VA
Harford County Public Library Edgewood MD
Hazelwood Elementary Louisville KY
Kaubisch Memorial Public Library Fostoria OH
LACOE Head Start Santa Fe Springs CA
Moore Memorial Public Library Moore MT
Orinda Union School District Orinda CA
Payne Branch Library Payne OH
Phelps Luck Elementary School Columbia MD
Roxboro Road School Mattydale NY
Sexton Mountain Elementary Beaverton OR
Sidney Memorial Public Library Sidney NY
Spaulding Elementary School Gurnee IL
Western Carteret Public Library Cape Carteret NC
White County Regional Library System Searcy AR