Wednesday, August 13, 2008

The Dream Mouse: A Lullaby Tale from Old Latvia

In this lullaby story, Barbara Esbensen uses a Latvian form of poetry, the daina, to create a magical world. In that world, a little mouse drives a wagon loaded with dreams for children in their beds. Drawing word pictures, with colorful illustrations by Judith Mitchell, this becomes an enchanting story for parents to read to young children.

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