We are resilience. We are hope. We are dreamers. Yuyi Morales brought her hopes, her passion, her strength, and her stories with her, when she came to the United States in 1994 with her infant son. She left behind nearly everything she owned, but she didn't come empty-handed. From the author-illustrator of Bright Star, Dreamers is a celebration of making your home with the things you always carry: your resilience, your dreams, your hopes and history. It's the story of finding your way in a new place, of navigating an unfamiliar world and finding the best parts of it. In dark times, it's a promise that you can make better tomorrows. This lovingly-illustrated picture book memoir looks at the myriad gifts migrantes bring with them when they leave their homes. It's a story about family. And it's a story to remind us that we are all dreamers, bringing our own strengths wherever we roam. Beautiful and powerful at any time but given particular urgency as the status of our own Dreamers becomes uncertain, this is a story that is both topical and timeless. The lyrical text is complemented by sumptuously detailed illustrations, rich in symbolism. Also included are a brief autobiographical essay about Yuyi's own experience, a list of books that inspired her (and still do), and a description of the beautiful images, textures, and mementos she used to create this book. A parallel Spanish-language edition, Soñadores, is also available. Winner of the Pura Belpré Illustrator Award! A New York Times / New York Public Library Best Illustrated BookA New York Times BestsellerRecipient of the Flora Stieglitz Strauss AwardA 2019 Boston Globe - Horn Book Honor RecipientAn Anna Dewdney Read Together Honor BookNamed a Best Book of 2018 by Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Shelf Awareness, NPR, the Boston Globe, the Chicago Tribune, Salon.com-- and many more!A Junior Library Guild selectionA Eureka! Nonfiction HonoreeA Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon titleA Bank Street Best Children's Book of the YearA CLA Notable Children's Book in Language ArtsSelected for the CBC Champions of Change ShowcaseAuthor: Yuyi MoralesPublisher: Neal Porter BooksPublished: 09/04/2018Pages: 40Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.97lbsSize: 11.10h x 9.10w x 0.50dISBN: 9780823440559Audience: Ages 4-8Accelerated Reader:Reading Level: 2.2Point Value: 0.5Interest Level: Lower GradeQuiz #/Name: 500534 / DreamersAward: Pura Belpre Award - WinnerAward: Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards - Honor BookAward: Kirkus Prize - FinalistReview Citation(s): Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2018 pg. 65Publishers Weekly 07/16/2018Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview 08/15/2018 pg. 63School Library Journal 09/01/2018 pg. 134Booklist 09/01/2018 pg. 117Shelf Awareness 11/26/2018Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2018 - Book Of Special DistinctionHornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In StyleAbout the AuthorBorn in Xalapa, Mexico, where she currently resides, Yuyi Morales lived for many years in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she still maintains close relations with booksellers and librarians. Professional storyteller, dancer, choreographer, puppeteer, and artist, she has won the prestigious Pura Belpré Award for Illustration five times, for Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book (2003), Los Gatos Black on Halloween (2006), Just in Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book (2008), Niño Wrestles the World (2013), and Viva Frida (2014), also a Caldecott Honor Book.
