Dreamers -- Yuyi Morales - Hardcover
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
Author: Yuyi Morales
Publisher: Neal Porter Books
Published: 09/04/2018
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 11.10h x 9.10w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780823440559
Audience: Ages 4-8
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.2
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 500534 / Dreamers
Award: Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards - Honor Book
Award: Pura Belpre Award - Winner
Review Citation(s):
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2018 pg. 65
Publishers Weekly 07/16/2018
Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview 08/15/2018 pg. 63
School Library Journal 09/01/2018 pg. 134
Booklist 09/01/2018 pg. 117
Shelf Awareness 11/26/2018
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2018 - Book Of Special Distinction
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
About the Author
Born in Xalapa, Mexico, where she currently resides, Yuyi Morales lived for many years in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she still maintains close relations with booksellers and librarians. Professional storyteller, dancer, choreographer, puppeteer, and artist, she has won the prestigious Pura Belpré Award for Illustration five times, for Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book (2003), Los Gatos Black on Halloween (2006), Just in Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book (2008), Niño Wrestles the World (2013), and Viva Frida (2014), also a Caldecott Honor Book.
Product Attributes: Ages 4-8, Biography & Autobiography, Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction, Cultural/ Ethnic & Regional, Emigration & Immigration, Grades 1-3, Hardcover, Immigrants - United States, Juvenile Nonfiction, Neal Porter Books, People & Places, PreK, Social Topics, United States, Yuyi Morales