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 Book
A New York Times Bestseller
Recipient of the Flora Stieglitz Strauss Award
A 2019 Boston Globe - Horn Book Honor Recipient
An Anna Dewdney Read Together Honor Book
Named 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 selection
A Eureka! Nonfiction Honoree
A Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon title
A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
A CLA Notable Children's Book in Language Arts
Selected for the CBC Champions of Change Showcase
