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Take a bedtime journey with the New York Times bestselling author of The Wonderful Things You Will Be and discover the adventures that await while you dream!
You only have to close your eyes And when you snuggle in.... You'll be carried to your dream tonight On wing or paw or fin
Snuggle into bed and discover what your dream animal might be and where it could take you! Could it be a bear who brings you to bake pastries? A fox who ushers you into a magical forest? Mermaids with whom you can sip tea? With a perfect nighttime rhyme and gorgeous illustrations, this book is the ideal addition to any bedtime reading routine. Little ones won't mind closing their eyes once they learn what wonders await in their dreams.
"A rare, enchanting mixture of graceful rhyming verse and adorable, Hummel-sweet illustrations. . . . Nursery-worthy." -The New York Times
A boy dreams that his teddy bear gets supersized and carries him off to a magical kitchen, where he plays chef to Humpty Dumpy, a robot, and a friendly ogre. A girl snuggles with a stuffed narwhal and soon she is "Beneath the seven seas," attending a tea party with mermaids. "Whatever dream you visit/ When night replaces day, / Your furred, or finned, or feathered friend/ Will surely know the way," writes Martin (Oddfellow's Orphanage), who runs the popular Black Apple store on Etsy. The minimalist ink-sketched bedrooms of each dreamer give way to luxuriant fairy-tale images rendered in dense, subtly radiant colors, which are reminiscent of classic European illustration (a scene in an "elfin hollow," in which the young dreamer is crowned with a garland during a sort of jamboree, is particularly Germanic in mood). Martin's rhymes are literal and don't make much of an impression, but her pictures, which skirt sentimentality despite their cherubic aesthetic, will take firm grip of readers' imaginations as they make their own ways to dreamland. Ages 2-5. Agent: Brenda Bowen, Sanford J. Greenburger Associates. (Oct.)
Copyright 2013 Publishers Weekly, LLC Used with permission.
Emily Winfield Martin is a collector and lover of fairy tales, and the original Grimm's tale of Snow White and Rose Red enchanted and haunted her all her life. She is a painter of real and imaginary things, and the author and illustrator of such books as Dream Animals and The Wonderful Things You Will Be. Emily lives among the giant trees of Portland, Oregon, and if you need her, you might look in the heart of the woods. Visit her online at emilywinfieldmartin.com. Emily Winfield Martin es una coleccionista y amante de los cuentos de hadas, y el cuento original de los hermanos Grimm de Blancanieves y Rojaflor la encantó y persiguió toda su vida. Es pintora de cosas reales e imaginarias, y autora e ilustradora de libros como Dream Animals y The Wonderful Things You Will Be. Emily vive entre los árboles gigantes de Portland, Oregón, y si la necesitas, podrías buscarla en el corazón del bosque. Visítala en línea en emilywinfieldmartin.com.
