Book Review: I Dreamed You

Columbia MD

07 July, 2021

7:50 AM

Description

I Dreamed You, by Justine Avery (Suteki Creative, 2020, 36 pp, $14.95, ages: up to 8 years) Many Layered Every child starts out as a dream, for many years, then for nine months. This lovely book is penned on light sepia pages with a fun secret revealed at the end of this review. A baby, a child, changes everything, and for a lifetime. Everything is new once the child comes home. We posit I Dreamed You was meant to be read to youngsters from about 3 to about 8 years of age. It is a love poem from a probably single mom to her newborn with forever wishes. Each page has lovely water colored illustrations and unforgettable couplets: "Once, I dreamed you. Then, you came true."From my wishes, you grew."You were waiting there somewhere, For the perfect time to be."Something was missing. It was you, waiting to be mine."And you. . . are home." Although this is a children's book, it is also, perhaps more so, for moms.---------------And the secret is. . . every page has a heart that grows larger and more complete with each additional page as you read the book - full of the flowers of life.Did you notice that secret as you read along?