Dreamers (original 2018; edition 2018)

by Yuyi Morales (Autor)

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"An illustrated picture book autobiography in which award-winning author Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story"--

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Member:	jtrainsmith
Title:	Dreamers
Authors:	Yuyi Morales (Autor)
Info:	Neal Porter Books (2018), Edition: Illustrated, 40 pages
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Dreamers by Yuyi Morales (2018)

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Independent Reading Level: Ages 5-8
Awards: Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature (Commended Title – 2019)
Anna Dewdney Read-Together Award (Honor Book – 2019)
Audie Award (Finalist – Young Listeners – 2019)
BCCB Blue Ribbon Book (Picture Books – 2018)
California Young Reader Medal (Nominee – Primary, Grades K-2 – 2022)
Charlotte Zolotow Award (Highly Commended Title – 2019)
CLEL Bell Picture Book Award for Early Literacy (Nominee – Read – 2019)
Colorado Children's Book Award (Nominee – 2020)
CSMCL Best Multicultural Book (2018)
Flora Stieglitz Straus Award (For Younger Readers – 2019)
Georgia Children's Book Award (Finalist – Picturebook – 2021)
A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book (Picture Books – 2018)
IBBY Honour Book (2020)
Iowa Goldfinch Award (Nominee – 2021)
Kirkus Prize (Finalist – Young Readers' Literature – 2018)
Monarch Award (Nominee – 2021)
New York Times / New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Books (2018)
Pura Belpré Award (Winner – Illustration – 2019)
Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award (Younger Readers – 2019)
Virginia Readers' Choice (Nominee – Primary – 2021)

LelandWarnack | Apr 4, 2024 |

This book would be great for primary. This is about the story of a mother and child immigrating to a new country. It talks about the mistakes made and how she just wanted what best for her dream (her child) I thought that this book was super encouraging to her culture and the people in similar situations to her.

eweeks22 | Mar 6, 2024 |

A story on an immigrant mother who just moved with her child from their home to a new place. How they made mistakes, or didn't understand how things worked at first so they felt out of place. Until they made it to the library and learned to read, write and speak. And found their place again?

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Airyel_Flock | Mar 4, 2024 |

I knew everyone was talking about this book and how beautiful it is, but I didn't know it was such a meaningful tribute to the free public library. Thank you for this, Yuyi! This book makes me extra proud to be a librarian. (

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LibrarianDest | Jan 3, 2024 |

This is the first picture book in a long while to make me want to cry. It was so beautiful. (

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auldhouse | Oct 29, 2023 |

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Dreamers is a powerful statement that immigrants don’t leave their languages and cultures behind while they explore new worlds.

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Morales, Yuyi	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Sananes, Adriana	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature (Commended Title – 2019)

Anna Dewdney Read-Together Award (Honor Book – 2019)

Audie Award (Finalist – Young Listeners – 2019)

BCCB Blue Ribbon Book (Picture Books – 2018)

California Young Reader Medal (Nominee – Primary, Grades K-2 – 2022)

Charlotte Zolotow Award (Highly Commended Title – 2019)

CLEL Bell Picture Book Award for Early Literacy (Nominee – Read – 2019)

Colorado Children's Book Award (Nominee – 2020)

CSMCL Best Multicultural Book (2018)

Flora Stieglitz Straus Award (For Younger Readers – 2019)

Georgia Children's Book Award (Finalist – Picturebook – 2021)

A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book (Picture Books – 2018)

IBBY Honour Book (2020)

Iowa Goldfinch Award (Nominee – 2021)

Kirkus Prize (Finalist – Young Readers' Literature – 2018)

Monarch Award (Nominee – 2021)

New York Times / New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Books (2018)

Pura Belpré Award (Winner – Illustration – 2019)

Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award (Younger Readers – 2019)

Virginia Readers' Choice (Nominee – Primary – 2021)

Distinctions

NPR: Books We Love (2018)

Notable Lists

Los Angeles Public Library Best of the Year (Children's Books – 2018)

The Best Children's Books of the Year (2019)

Best Children's Picture Books of the Year in Spanish (2019)

Book Links Lasting Connections (2018)

Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth (2018)

Capitol Choices Noteworthy Book for Children and Teens (2019)

CCBC Choices (2019)

Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Kids (Picture Books – 2018)

El día de los niños / El día de los libros (K-2 – 2020)

Evanston Public Library 101 Great Books for Kids (Nonfiction – 2018)

Kansas NEA Reading Circle Recommended Book (Primary – 2019)

King County Library System Best Books (Children's Books – 2018)

Maine Regional Library System Cream of the Crop List (2019)

NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People (Kindergarten to Second Grade – 2019)

NCTE/CLA Notable Children's Book in the English Language Arts (2019)

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2018

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To Dreamers of all kinds, especially those who have brought their abundant gifts to a new land--you are the inspiration for this book

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I dreamed of you, then you appeared.

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In 1994, Yuyi Morales left her home in Xalapa, Mexico and came to the US with her infant son. She left behind nearly everything she owned, but she didn't come empty-handed.

She brought her strength, her work, her passion, her hopes and dreams...and her stories. Caldecott Honor artist and five-time Pura Belpré winner Yuyi Morales's gorgeous new picture book Dreamers is about making a home in a new place. Yuyi and her son Kelly's passage was not easy, and Yuyi spoke no English whatsoever at the time. But together, they found an unexpected, unbelievable place: the public library. There, book by book, they untangled the language of this strange new land, and learned to make their home within it.

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