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A review by divineblkpearl
Dreamers by Yuyi Morales
5.0
Dreamers
by Yuyi Morales
Published by Neal Porter Books, 4–8 years
Dreamers by Caldecott Honor artist and five-time Pura Belpré Award winner Yuyi Morales is a book that, at it very core, is about hope. The type of hope that starts to take root once you start to gain your bearings and start to find your home. Back in 1994, the author came to the United States with her infant son. In a new place, unfamiliar and unsure, they came leaving behind nearly all they had yet but soon they find a sanctuary that serves as a catalyst to help them make this new place, their home. The poetic wording sets both mother and son: “Migrantes, you and I” on pages with buildings along with fantastical huge looming plants, book shelves with rockets and sharks busting free and book pages serving as borders to freely walk across.
A library becomes a second home for these two: encouraging and inspiring this little family to trust in the decision that brought them here and breathe new life in everything that they have to offer. The artwork presents page after page of this brown skinned mother-son duo immerse themselves in the very pages of the story making it a visual treat to behold. Dreamers is very much a book on hope, home and how finding where you are supposed to be the key — yet it is also a love letter to libraries. A brilliant, colorful read on how reading can be the gateway to the hope every dreamer needs to experience they live they yearn for.
by Yuyi Morales
Published by Neal Porter Books, 4–8 years
Dreamers by Caldecott Honor artist and five-time Pura Belpré Award winner Yuyi Morales is a book that, at it very core, is about hope. The type of hope that starts to take root once you start to gain your bearings and start to find your home. Back in 1994, the author came to the United States with her infant son. In a new place, unfamiliar and unsure, they came leaving behind nearly all they had yet but soon they find a sanctuary that serves as a catalyst to help them make this new place, their home. The poetic wording sets both mother and son: “Migrantes, you and I” on pages with buildings along with fantastical huge looming plants, book shelves with rockets and sharks busting free and book pages serving as borders to freely walk across.
A library becomes a second home for these two: encouraging and inspiring this little family to trust in the decision that brought them here and breathe new life in everything that they have to offer. The artwork presents page after page of this brown skinned mother-son duo immerse themselves in the very pages of the story making it a visual treat to behold. Dreamers is very much a book on hope, home and how finding where you are supposed to be the key — yet it is also a love letter to libraries. A brilliant, colorful read on how reading can be the gateway to the hope every dreamer needs to experience they live they yearn for.