Dream Away
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
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.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
First-timer Goldstrom's richly imagined paintings of flight among the stars enhance this fanciful lullaby from Durango (Go-Go-Gorillas) and newcomer Trupiano. "Dream away, dream away, sleepyhead, love./ Set sail for the ocean of stars up above," they write, as a boy falls asleep while his father reads; he dreams of sailing off into the sky with a crew of pets and fairy tale creatures. They float through the solar system and beyond, encountering a great bear who throws a comet like a baseball, a dragon who waves goodbye, and other creatures of the zodiac, each translucent, gauzy, and lit with a chilly stellar glow. Full spreads have genuine grandeur, while round spot illustrations echo the shapes of planets and galaxies. In one spread, the boat on the right-hand page tows the moon-as-balloon at left, the line taut between them; in Goldstrom's hands, the scene looks pleasingly believable. While Durango and Trupiano's words sometimes seem shoehorned into the meter ("In a dream we did float on an old paper boat"), they contribute a rocking rhythm to this nautically themed tale. Ages 4 8.
