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28 pp.
| McElderry |
February, 2000 |
TradeISBN 0-689-82617-6$$16.00
(3)
4-6
Illustrated by
Julie Paschkis.
Fifteen brief poems explore the fertile ground of the unconscious, a world in which "dreams grow wild / like dandelion weeds." The verse mostly forsakes the nightmarish or unsettling to focus on dreams that are peaceful, mysterious, and often surprising. Small, full-color gouache illustrations contrast with monochromatic backgrounds depicting fanciful images evoked by the poems.