Dream Away
What's Dream Away About
Dream away, dream away, sleepyhead, love Set sail for the ocean of stars up above. You be the captain and I’ll be your mate. We’ll journey together, the heavens await. From author Julia Durango and new illustrator Robert Goldstrom, a story of the dreams that are possible as you drift to sleep. A father and son venture into a dream and encounter some new and familiar faces and along the way discover the possibilities the universe can hold. Accompanied by Robert Goldstrom’s sweeping paintings, Dream Away is the perfect combination of dreams and reality.
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Dream Away is one of my very favorite picture books. The beautiful rhyming books is not overworked and the rhymes flow nicely from one page to the next. The book captures this wonderful idea of a father reading a bedtime story to his son as the son slowly drifts off into sleep among the stars. Through their flight on a large paper boat, the boy and his father encounter all sorts of interesting things in the skies, and it isn't until the end that you learn that many of these objects sit as toys on the chair, the dresser, the floor. The illustrations are inventive and sweet, and I think the whole book just blends very nicely.
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The Creatives Behind the Book
Julia Durango writes books for kids of all ages, including Under the Mambo Moon, The Second Guard fantasy series (Disney Hyperion)–co-authored with Tracie Zimmer under the name J. D. Vaughn–and her debut YA novel, The Leveller (HarperTeen). Julia lives in Ottawa, Illinois.
Robert Goldstrom is an artist that has won a Silver and Gold medal from the Society of Illustrators. His paintings are often presented in series, following an idea until it plays out. This is his first picture book. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9781416987024
- Publication Date
- July 12, 2011
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
- Original Publication Date
- January 1, 2011
- Page Count
- 32
- Word Count
- 242
- Audience
- Picture
- Reading Age
- 3 - 5 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 2009042301
- Est. Lexile® Level
- ~301L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~J
- ATOS® Book Level
- 2.3
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 0.5
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 147136
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- LG
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