Theme: Dream

A Girl Named Faithful Plum

By Book Importer | Published: December 12, 2011

In 1977, when Zhongmei Lei was eleven years old, she learned that the prestigious Beijing Dance Academy was having open auditions. She’d already taken dance lessons, but everyone said a poor country girl would never get into the academy, especially without any connections in the Communist Party of the 1970s. But Zhongmei, whose name means [...]

Descriptors: Asia, Biography, China, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Butterflies

By Book Importer | Published: August 15, 2011

Katherine is almost eighteen. Severely burned when she was three, she dreams that one day she will look like everyone else. Be like everyone else. Achieve her dreams. But Katherine won’t be seen as a victim. Her life is filled with fun and humor and friendship, as she faces her first “real” date, arguments with [...]

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Juna’s Journey

By Book Importer | Published: May 5, 2011

In a time and a land not so very different from ours, lives a one called Juna, a dream helper who has spent much of his life dreaming for others. He has never dreamed for himself, until one evening when he has a dream of his own, which contains a mysterious message just for him.
To [...]

Descriptors: Armenia, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Picture Book » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Strange Creatures

By Book Importer | Published: April 28, 2011

Walter, the son of Lady Emma and Lord Nathan Rothschild, was a very unusual boy. He was born in 1868 to a family of bankers and was nearly the richest boy in the world. But that’s not what made him unusual. Walter was so shy he barely spoke. He had no friends, but he loved every [...]

Descriptors: England (UK), Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Dream Mouse

By Book Importer | Published: April 5, 2011

The Dream Mouse drives his cart with its load of sleep through the darkening village, bringing wondrous dreams to all the children.

Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Folklore, Latvia, Picture Book » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Ten Oni Drummers

By Book Importer | Published: February 17, 2011

One by one, ten tiny oni, Japanese goblin-like creatures, grow larger and larger as they beat their drums on the sand, chasing away bad dreams.

Descriptors: Asia, Fiction, Japan, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , » Leave a comment

Tillie the Terrible Swede

By Book Importer | Published: February 14, 2011

When Tillie Anderson came to America, all she had was a needle. So she got herself a job in a tailor shop and waited for a dream to find her. One day, a man sped by on a bicycle. She was told “bicycles aren’t for ladies,” but from then on, Tillie dreamed of riding—not graceful [...]

Descriptors: Biography, Europe, Primary (ages 6-9), Scandinavia » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Yasmin’s Hammer

By Book Importer | Published: July 23, 2010

A young Bangladeshi girl who helps support her family by working in a brickyard finds a way to make her dream of going to school and learning to read a reality.

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Descriptors: Bangladesh, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Picture Book, Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Saint Patrick and the Peddler

By Book Importer | Published: February 22, 2010

When a poor Irish peddler follows the instructions given to him by Saint Patrick in a dream, his life is greatly changed.
 
 

Descriptors: Europe, Folklore, Ireland, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Dragonwings

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: November 3, 2009

Moon shadow is eight years old when he sails from China to join his father, Windrider, in America. Windrider lives in San Francisco and makes his living doing laundry. Father and son have never met, but Moon Shadow grows to love and respect his father and to believe in his wonderful dream. And Windrider, with [...]

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