I'll Meet You in Your Dreams

A heartwarming text honoring the ever-evolving relationship of a parent and child across time, with visually striking art by bestselling and award-winning artist Rafael L pez. Each evening when the sun has set, as nighttime casts a starry net, I'll hitch a ride on moonbeams, and meet you in your dreams. This poetic and tender story celebrates the parent-and-child bond in its many forms and offers gentle assurance of love across a lifetime. Two parents' dreams of the future with their children--from early dependence for nourishment and basic needs, to the parent as home base for a child in later life--mirror an always-changing but unbreakable relationship. Written in lyrical rhyme and accompanied by breathtaking art by the incomparable Rafael L pez, I'll Meet You in Your Dreams affirms that parental love is a constant force, transcending boundaries of space and time.

Author: Jessica Young
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 03/09/2021
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 10.10h x 10.30w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780316453288
Audience: Ages 4-8

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2021
Publishers Weekly 03/08/2021
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2021 pg. 143
School Library Journal 06/25/2021 pg. 1

About the Author
Jessica Young was raised and grew up in Northern Ontario and is the author of several picture books including My Blue Is Happy (aCharlotte Zolotow Highly Commended Title and recipient of the Marion Vannett Ridgway Award); Play This Book and Pet This Book; and A Wish Is a Seed. Jessica spends her time writing and researching, and doing school visits. Prior to her writing career, she was a teacher for twenty years, and freelanced for a children's book marketing company. She lives with her family in Nashville.
Rafael López is an internationally recognized illustrator and artist. He has illustrated numerous picture books, including Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You by Sonia Sotomayor (winner of the Schneider Family Award); Dancing Hands, How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln by Margarita Engle (winner of the Pura Belpré Medal); and The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson (a New York Times bestseller) to name a few. He is the founder of the Urban Art Trail movement in San Diego and currently resides in both San Diego and Mexico.