DREAMS IN A JAR by KATE STAVES with illustrations by Karen Bunting.
Genre ... Children's Picture Book (Ages 2-7)
Publication Date ... 9th June 2021
Standalone Picture Book
Estimated Page Count ... 32
What if you could keep a little piece of your dreams to hold on to forever?
Put on your very best pyjamas and get ready for a magical journey through the land of dreams, collecting trinkets and souvenirs as we go!
In this story, a flower isn’t just a flower…it’s a pixie hat! A rusty old bolt isn’t just a rusty old bolt…it’s a piece of a rocket ship that blasted past a star! Let’s collect up all of these precious treasures together and keep them somewhere safe…I know, how about in a special jar?
A sweet, rhyming adventure story to share with your little dreamer ... Synopsis
There's a secret I keep
that you might think bizarre
I collect up all the dreams I have
and keep them in a jar ... First Sentence Verse {Page not numbered}
I dreamt I was a pixie and I lived inside a tree
I wore a flower as a hat and took it home with me ... Memorable Moment {Page not numbered}
As a vivid dreamer myself {and someone I admit who has treasured the most strangest things} I was delighted that the reading of the book led to an amusing conversation about dreams and what I and my fellow bookworms would have kept to put in a jar which of course led to pleas for another reading of the story 'just to remind us of the dreams and what the little girl put in her jar.'
A book that will doubtlessly become a firm favourite, as always the children loved that the book was written in rhyme. It was even reported to me by one of the parents who had been struggling to get their little bookworm to go to bed that that night they had happily gone to bed clutching, what else, but of course, an empty coffee jar.
About Kate Staves ... Kate Staves is an independent children's author living in the historic city of York, when she is not writing fun filled children’s books she is caring for her own two little children and is currently expecting baby number three!
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PS The second Blog Tour for one of Kate's books that I have participated in recently, if you missed my thoughts on Now That You're Here, another lovely read, please click here
Agreed entirely! It was simply charming!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a clever story. I, too, am a vivid dreamer and while not always bad dreams, they're not always good, either! I would be very picky about which ones/things to keep!
ReplyDeleteFelicity,
ReplyDeleteAfter reading your- and Gina's review.
This sounds like a truly delightful
book with a heartfelt message about
how special dreams are. And that we
should hold on to them.
Raven