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E CURTIS

A boy takes the moon for a walk through his neighborhood.

E RINKER

At sunset, when their work is done for the day, a crane truck, a cement mixer, and other pieces of construction equipment make their way to their resting places and go to sleep.

E SNYDER

A young bunny goes to sleep and dreams of the soothing colors, shapes, sights, and sounds of nature.

E WILLEMS

A pigeon comes up with many reasons why he should not go to bed.

E YAMAGUCHI

Poppy is a waddling, toddling pig with big dreams. She wants to be a star! But she soon discovers that’s not as easy as it sounds. It’s only when Poppy feels the magic of gliding and sliding, swirling and twirling on ice that our most persistent pig truly believes in herself: Poppy, star of the rink

JE VAN ALLSBURG

When he has a dream about a future Earth devastated by pollution, Walter begins to understand the importance of taking care of the environment.

JE CLAYTON

A book for children about the importance of dreams.

JE HAN

Korean American fourth-grader Clara Lee longs to be Little Miss Apple Pie and when her luck seems suddenly to change for the better, she overcomes her fear of public speaking and enters the competition.

HORSES JE MACKALL

Fred, a plow horse on an Oklahoma farm, dreams of being Federico the Dancing Horse, but his antics cause trouble and he is sent away, to seek not only his dream but a home where he might truly belong.

JE SUPERMAN

Abra Kadabra, a super-villain from the 64th century, has escaped from an alien prison and returned to Earth with a mind-control machine.

J ALEXANDER

Naive and bumbling Carlo, his shady camel-puller Baksheesh, and Shira, a girl determined to return home, follow a treasure map through the deserts and cities of the infamous Golden Road, as mysterious strangers try in vain to point them toward real treasures.

SF J FLEISCHMAN

A plucky Mexican girl tries to recover her dream from the Dream Stealer who takes her to his castle where countless dreams and even more adventures await.

HORSES J HENSON

Told from their different points of view, twelve-year-old Shiloh, a troubled foster child, Dream of Night, an abused former racehorse, and Jess, a woman who cares for both, find healing by helping one another through their pain.

J LOWRY

While learning to bestow dreams, a young dream giver tries to save an eight-year-old boy from the effects of both his abusive past and the nightmares inflicted on him by the frightening Sinisteeds.

J MCGHEE

While trying to cope with more school work, including an assignment in her least favorite subject, reading, a sixth-grade girl faces her toughest challenge as her beloved dog—and lifelong companion—nears the end of his life.

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Step-by-step ideas for eight dream sleepovers.

ART J725.97 AST

In Watts, California, over a period of many years, a man known to all as Uncle Sam spends his free time collecting broken bits of pottery, glass and other scraps and turning them into a work of art.

POETRY J811.6 SHO

Our nation was founded on the belief that all men are created equal. Nearly two hundred years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, slavery had been abolished but America was still segregated. Then: Enter the students who marched into the first desegregated school, the passengers who boycotted the buses, and the leaders who stood up and spoke out. When they started, it was all just a dream. . . . Through striking, powerful verse and gorgeous, detailed illustrations, this is the dream catalogs the American experience before, during, and after the civil rights movement. Come along on this incredible journey, and see how far we’ve come in attaining freedom and justice for all.

BIOGRAPHY J921 AARON

Matt Tavares hits one out of the park with this powerful tale of a kid from the segregated south who would become baseball’s home-run king.Before he was Hammerin’ Hank, Henry Aaron was a young boy grow ing up in Mobile, Alabama, with what seemed like a foolhardy dream: to be a big-league baseball player. He didn’t have a bat. He didn’t have a ball. And there wasn’t a single black ball player in the major leagues. B ut none of this could stop Henry Aaron. In a captivating biography of Henr y Aaron’s young life – from his sandlot days through his time in the Negro Leagues to the day he played his first spring training game for the Braves – Matt Tavares offers an inspiring homage to one of baseball’s all-time greats.