Benito's Dream Bottle
Naomi Shihab Nye brings her vision and voice as a poet to the creation and telling of this story in which nothing is too small or too ordinary for dream-making. When Benito finds out his grandmother doesn't dream, he lovingly guides her through memories and observations of the world around her so that she can fill her Dream Bottle. "It's inside every body, between the stomach and the chest," he tells his mother. "At night, when we lie down, it pours the dreams into our heads." Yu Cha Pak's watercolor art echoes the grace of Nye's words: dream images, realized with clarity, are whimsical but never silly in this eloquent book about the wonder of imagination and the power of a small boy's love. ©1995 Cooperative Children's Book Center
Illustrated by Naomi Shihab Nye, Yu Cha Pak
CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 4-8
Age Range:
PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7)
Grades 3-5 (Ages 8-10)
Format:
Picture book
Subjects:
Dreams
Grandmothers
Imagination/Imaginary Play
Memory
Diversity subject:
Brown Skin Unspecified
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
Publish Year: 1995
Pages: 32
ISBN: 0027684679
CCBC Location: Picture Book, Nye