Just A Dream

Van, A. C. (1990). Just a dream. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

This is an interesting and beautiful picture book that unfolds from a boy’s dream. The colors used throughout are, sometimes, muted and play on hues of the same color. Most of the dream scenes are from a bird’s eye point of view and are very large in scale. The format of the book utilizes large, full page illustrations as well as small cropped-like photos as well. A little boy named Walter learns a lesson about “being green” and caring for the environment via his dreams. As he sleeps in his bed, he finds himself in unusual places and circumstances throughout the book. The illustrations are wonderfully done and give the feeling of actually being in the dream with Walter.

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