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Dreamcatcher -
by Audrey Osofsky ; illustrated by Ed Young.
New York : Orchard Books, c1992.
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 27 cm.
Annotations:
- In the land of the Ojibway a baby sleeps, protected from bad dreams, as the life of the tribe goes on around him.
Best Books:
- Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for PreK-Grade 6, Tenth Edition, 1993 ; National Council of Teachers of English; United States
Children's Catalog, Eighteenth Edition, 2001 ; H.W. Wilson; United States
Recommended Literature: Kindergarten through Grade Twelve, 2002 ; California Department of Education; California
State and Provincial Reading Lists:
- Flicker Tale Children's Book Award, 1996 ; Nominee; Picture Books; North Dakota
Horn Book Guide:
- 1992 Fiction Rating 2, Superior, well above average.
Reading Measurement Programs:
Accelerated Reader
Interest Level Lower Grade
Book Level 4.7
Accelerated Reader Points 0.5
Reading Counts-Scholastic
Interest Level K-2
Reading Level 4
Title Point Value 2
Lexile Measure NP 1160
Reviews:
- Carolyn Phelan (Booklist, Feb. 15, 1992 (Vol. 88, No. 12))
All day, an Ojibwa baby watches from a cradle as little boys play and Mother, big sister, Grandmother, and Father work nearby. At night, baby sleeps peacefully, for sister has made a dreamcatcher, a small willow hoop woven with a taut net of nettle fibers that catches bad dreams and holds them until the sun destroys their power, while letting good dreams slip through. The quiet, almost hypnotic, free verse text weaves a web of its own to capture beautiful daydreams, fleeting glimpses of Ojibwa life. Dreamlike, too, in its impressionistic interpretation of the story is Young's softly shaded pastel artwork, which captures the spirit of the words without defining the images too sharply. Like black ribbons embroidered with a flower-and-vine motif, vertical borders define the beginning and ending of each double-page spread. A beautiful evocation of family love shown through the ways of the Ojibwa. Category: For the Young. 1992, Orchard, $14.95 and $14.99. Ages 4-8.CCBC (Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices, 1992)
A dream net for baby / like a small spiderweb / spun of nettle-stalk twine / stained dark red with the bark of wild plum..." hung by the Ojibway people of centuries ago on babies' cradleboards. Such a net might serve as a charm to catch "dark dreams...like flies in a spider's web" before a bad dream could reach a slumbering infant. Good dreams "drift through the hole in the center of the web: dreams of...white shells tinkling in the breeze / pheasant feathers ruffling / sucking maple sugar in a birchbark cone..." Young's decorative page borders pay tribute to the floral patterns of Ojibway artists and his images of clothing and other objects allude to this cultural history. Ojibway language references and names are accurate. The full-color illustrations were created in pastel for this 9 3/4 x 10 2" picture book. CCBC categories: History; Picture Books; The Arts. 1992, Orchard, 32 pages, $14.95. Ages 4-9.Kirkus (Kirkus Reviews, 1992)
With a willow twig and nettle-stalk twine, an Ojibway baby's sister weaves a weblike "dreamcatcher" to hang above the crib and sift out bad dreams. The baby sleeps and wakes and sleeps again, the family busy around it. Young's unfocused, impressionistic pastels capture the simplicity of the infant's changing moods with shifts of color and hazy but expressive faces. The authentically scary bad dreams--evil-eyed white owl Kokokoo and a "raggedy man...his birchbark mask glowing like a ghost"--catch in the net until, "struck by morning light," they die. Some of the text is white, legible on the darker backgrounds but less so on pale spreads like one showing the father in his canoe. A quiet glimpse of family affection and other universals within a particular traditional culture. 1992, Orchard, $14.95; PLB $14.99. © 1992 Kirkus Reviews/VNU eMedia, Inc. All rights reserved.Horn Book (The Horn Book Guide, 1992)
Based on the Ojibway custom of insuring restful slumber for infants by weaving a dream net to catch the harmful dreams, the poetic text uses a lullaby-like rhythm to introduce shifting images of a typical day and night, which are caught in Young's impressionistic illustrations. Category: Fiction. 1992, Watts, 32pp.. Ages 5 to 9. Rating: 2: Superior, well above average. Subjects:
- Ojibwa Indians--Fiction.
Indians of North America--Fiction.
Babies--Fiction.
Dreams--Fiction.
Family life--Fiction.
| Language | Call Number | LCCN | Dewey Decimal | ISBN/ISSN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English (eng) | PZ7.O8347 Dr 1992 |
91020029 |
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053105988X : $14.95 0531085880 (lib. bdg.) 9780531059883 9780531085882 |