Copyright Date:
2021
Edition Date:
2021
Release Date:
06/01/21
Illustrator:
Sayegh, Rob,
Pages:
1 volume (unpaged)
ISBN:
1-617-75857-4
ISBN 13:
978-1-617-75857-7
Dewey:
E
LCCN:
2020948257
Dimensions:
22 cm.
Language:
English
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews
A small child takes a magical ride on the "dream weaver train."Evocative lyrics from the title song of Wright's 1975 solo album, The Dream Weaver, form the text of this LyricPop offering. The first-person speaker boards the dream weaver train, asking the driver to "take away my worries of today / and leave tomorrow behind." Believing the dream weaver will "get me through the night" to "reach the morning light," the speaker asks the dream weaver to "fly me high through the starry skies / maybe to an astral plane" and "cross the highways of fantasy / â¦to forget today's pain." The repetitive lyrics raise questions about the speaker's identity and source of pain as well as about the mysterious dream weaver. However, playful collages, using patterns, textures, and color, span the double-page spreads and provide needed child-friendly context. Tucked into bed with a stuffed lion and pet dachshund, the speaker proves to be a brown-skinned child with a teary eye. In the subsequent spread, kid and dachshund eagerly board the purple train driven by the dream weaver, an encouraging lion. As the fantastic train speeds through the dark night and starry skies, the boy forgets the pain (revealed to be physical rather than psychic: caused by a bicycle spill) and enjoys the ride, passing through woods, sliding down an enormous cat-shaped clock, running across the moon's surface, and riding giant butterflies toward morning's light. Simultaneously publishing in the series are: The Pixies song Where Is My Mind?, by Black Francis and illustrated by Alex Eben Meyer; Coldplay's Strawberry Swing, illustrated by Mitch Miller; the Gloria Gaynor hit I Will Survive (starring a platinum-tressed green-skinned ET), by Frederick J. Perren and Dino Fekaris, and illustrated by Kaitlyn Shea O'Connor; and Paul Simon's The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy), illustrated by Keith Henry Brown.Dreamy bedtime fare. (Picture book. 3-6)
With lyrics by Gary Wright and illustrations by Rob Sayegh Jr., this magical picture book follows a little boy's dream of a train that takes him all the way to the moon. Poised to become a bedtime classic, Dream Weaver is the perfect opportunity for parents to share this timeless song and will surely spark the imaginations of young and old alike.