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One little girl, with the help of her sister, discovers The Secret for turning bad dreams into good ones. Original, quirky, and rich illustrations complement this sparkling story that deals with the very real problem of children’s nightmares.

Discover the Dream Jar and the power of your imagination—and turn your terribly horrible dreams into dreamy ones.

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ISBN-13:	9780547528212
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	11/28/2005
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	27 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

About the Author

Lindan Lee Johnson is a graduate of the Vermont College MFA in Writing for Children program. She has four cats, three brothers, two daughters, and one house near Washington, D.C.

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PreS-Gr 3-Children who have had bad dreams (or parents who have struggled to explain them away) will find solace and a solution in this story. A girl describes how, after a cuddly bedtime ritual with Mom, she and her sister drift off to sleep. When she has visions of scary sea monsters, her older, wiser, and very patient sibling decides that it's time to relay "The Secret" that their mother had shared with her under similar circumstances: one has the power to reinvent one's dreams. Scary turns to silly and all is well until the older girl is invited to a sleepover and the narrator is frightened at the prospect of spending a night alone. Big sister comes through once again: she leaves a "Dream Jar" covered in blue paper and glow-in-the-dark stars and filled with ideas guaranteed to transform any nightmare. The predominantly blue palette is rendered in pencil and acrylic and manipulated in Photoshop. The text surrounding the nymphlike duo is occasionally hand lettered and/or appears in color. The overall design, including sketchy thought bubbles, irregularly shaped panels, and dynamic spreads, exudes the vitality, energy, and whimsy of a creative and sensitive family. A refreshing departure from the usual nocturnal sibling shenanigans and parental platitudes, this tale is perfect for bedtime, storytime, or anytime. Pair it with Jane Kurtz's In the Small, Small Night (Greenwillow, 2005) for a look at sisterly love.-Wendy Lukehart, Washington DC Public Library Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

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Big sister offers nightmare-ridden little sister a coping strategy in this relentlessly girly debut for Johnson. Just turn that Bad Dream into a "Dreamy Dream," she counsels her terrified sibling-either by recasting those scary sea monsters into silly ones, or by reaching into a bedside Dream Jar for a written suggestion: "You have a magic wand-Use it!" Curly text with occasional words in pink or purple mingles with floaty scenes of nightgown-clad urchins with flyaway hair capering amid twinkly stars. Next to Julia Durango's boy-centered take on the theme, Dream Hop (Sept. 2005), illustrated by Jared Lee, this "Fabulously Fun" flit comes off as decidedly chick-lit-ish-but also more optimistic about the effectiveness of its suggested techniques. (Picture book. 6-8)

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"A refreshing departure from the usual nocturnal sibling shenanigans and parental platitudes, this tale is perfect for bedtime, storytime, or anytime."—School Library Journal School Library Journal

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