"Once I dreamed I swam/the ocean/and saw everything deep,/cool/ and was part of the waves. Each girl's dream is scuttled by people telling her that "a girl like you" should not be doing the amazing things she does in her dreams, that "a girl like you" should be like everyone else.
Three girls take turns sharing their dreams about flying high, standing tall, and being free. PreS-Gr 2-Black girls lead the way in this story about defining oneself and making the world a better place. All rights reserved Review by School Library Journal Review Illustrator's agent: Marietta Zacker, Gallt & Zacker Literary. Author's agent: Barry Goldblatt, Barry Goldblatt Literary.
A blithe celebration of individuality, guts, and sisterhood. In affirmations of their spirit of curiosity and adventure, the girls don vibrant clothing and funky hats as they skip down city streets and frolic by the ocean, always "thinking/ way up/ high/ and making/ everything/ better than/ the dream." The book concludes with a roundup of the subjects and personal statements about their personalities, favorite things, and ambitions, inviting readers' own self-reflections. In collages superimposing crisp photos against swirling abstract backdrops, Crews (Seeing into Tomorrow) portrays a girl flying through the air in a red cape, another walking atop skyscrapers, and a third swimming in the ocean, becoming "part of the waves," while onshore onlookers holler, "A girl like you needs to/ stay out of the water/ and be dry,/ like everyone else." The collaborators bring the tone down to earth as the kids react to unseen naysayers who discourage their dreams.
"I always dream" opens the airy, free-verse narrative. Poet Johnson (Heaven) bridges fanciful aspirations and attainable goals in this inclusive portrait of girlhood.
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