Publishing: Lothrop, Lee, and Shepard Books, New York, 1988
Awards: 1989 Caldecott Honor
Description: A boy falls asleep with a book and, through his dreams, falls into several fantastic settings with fantastic creatures.
Programming: Have students narrate the story, or explain what happens. Have them share their weirdest or funniest dreams. Have older students explain how they know this from the pictures-which details create the story. What are the characters like? How do you know? etc. Compare this book to Wiesner’s other works.