Dreamers, Hardcover

Contributor(s):

• Author: Yuyi Morales

Caldecott Honor artist and five-time Pura Belpr Award winner Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story in this picture-book tribute to the transformative power of hope . . . and reading. An instant New York Times bestseller

In 1994, Yuyi Morales left her home in Xalapa, Mexico and came to the US with her infant son. She left behind nearly everything she owned, but she didn't come empty-handed.

She brought her strength, her work, her passion, her hopes and dreams...and her stories. Caldecott Honor artist and five-time Pura Belpr winner Yuyi Morales's gorgeous new picture book Dreamers is about making a home in a new place. Yuyi and her son Kelly's passage was not easy, and Yuyi spoke no English whatsoever at the time. But together, they found an unexpected, unbelievable place: the public library. There, book by book, they untangled the language of this strange new land, and learned to make their home within it.

Dreamers is a celebration of what 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 gifts 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, So adores, is also available.

A Junior Library Guild selection
 
Review citations

• Horn Book Magazine - pg. 65 - 11/01/2018
• Publishers Weekly / Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended - 07/16/2018
• Publishers Weekly / Exceptional Presentation - 07/16/2018
• Publishers Weekly / Book Of Special Distinction - 07/16/2018
• Publishers Weekly / Top 15 Book Of The Year - 07/16/2018
• Publishers Weekly / Highly Recommended - 07/16/2018
• Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview / Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended - pg. 63 - 08/15/2018
• Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview / Exceptional Presentation - pg. 63 - 08/15/2018
• Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview / Book Of Special Distinction - pg. 63 - 08/15/2018
• Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview / Top 15 Book Of The Year - pg. 63 - 08/15/2018
• Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview / Highly Recommended - pg. 63 - 08/15/2018
• School Library Journal / Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended - pg. 134 - 09/01/2018
• School Library Journal / Exceptional Presentation - pg. 134 - 09/01/2018
• School Library Journal / Book Of Special Distinction - pg. 134 - 09/01/2018
• School Library Journal / Top 15 Book Of The Year - pg. 134 - 09/01/2018
• School Library Journal / Highly Recommended - pg. 134 - 09/01/2018
• Booklist / Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended - pg. 117 - 09/01/2018
• Booklist / Exceptional Presentation - pg. 117 - 09/01/2018
• Booklist / Book Of Special Distinction - pg. 117 - 09/01/2018
• Booklist / Top 15 Book Of The Year - pg. 117 - 09/01/2018
• Booklist / Highly Recommended - pg. 117 - 09/01/2018
• Shelf Awareness - 09/14/2018
• Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks / Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended - 10/01/2018
• Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks / Exceptional Presentation - 10/01/2018
• Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks / Book Of Special Distinction - 10/01/2018
• Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks / Top 15 Book Of The Year - 10/01/2018
• Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks / Highly Recommended - 10/01/2018