I'll Meet You in Your Dreams
$30.83
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
11 May 2021
Summary
This poetic and tender story celebrates the parent-and-child bond in its many forms. As a parent dreams of the future, the imagined forms the parent and child take mirror the milestones of an always-changing but unbreakable relationship. From early dependence on the parent for nourishment and basic needs, to parent as home base for a child in later life, these metaphors offer gentle assurance of love across a lifetime.
Written in lyrical rhyme and accompanied by breathtaking art by th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780316453288 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0316453285 |
| Author: | Jessica Young, Rafael López |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown & Company |
| Imprint: | Little, Brown Young Readers |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 11 May 2021 |
| Weight: | 480g |
| Dimensions: | 260mm x 258mm x 12mm |
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Critics Review
“Combining lyrical words with vibrant paintings and occasionally rotating spreads, Young and L
- “Combining lyrical words with vibrant paintings and occasionally rotating spreads, Young and López weave a rich tapestry that honors the process of children’s self-determination over time.”–Kirkus Reviews
* “Fresh, bright spreads by López incorporate folk elements such as stylized leaves and flowers. As the children strike out on their own, the text nods to differing life paths, portraying one new adult pursuing their passion in music and one starting a family of their own, in a bedtime fantasy of love, possibility, and acceptance.”–Publishers Weekly
About The Author
Jessica Young
Jessica Young is the author of several picture books including My Blue Is Happy (a Charlotte Zolotow Highly Commended Title and recipient of the Marion Vannett Ridgway Award); Play This Book and Pet This Book; and A Wish Is a Seed. Jessica spends her time writing and researching, and doing school visits. Prior to her writing career, she was a teacher for twenty years, and freelanced for a children’s book marketing company. She lives with her family in Nashville.
Rafael Lopez is an internationally recognized illustrator and artist. He has illustrated numerous picture books, including Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You by Sonia Sotomayor (winner of the Schneider Family Award); Dancing Hands, How Teresa Carreno Played the Piano for President Lincoln by Margarita Engle (winner of the Pura Belpre Medal); and The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson (a New York Times bestseller) to name a few. He is the founder of the Urban Art Trail movement in San Diego and currently resides in both San Diego and Mexico.
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