Dreamers
Yuyi Morales · 2018
5-6 岁F&P L
🏆 Pura Belpré Award (2019)🏆 The Atlantic 65 Essential (2025)
View on Open Library ↗About This Book
Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story: arriving in the US from Mexico with her baby son, knowing no English, feeling lost — until she discovers the public library. Books become their bridge to a new life.
Why This Age
The immigrant experience, bilingual elements, and love-letter-to-libraries theme resonate with bilingual families at 5-6.
How to Use
- Visit the library together after reading
- Talk about what it feels like to be in a place where you don't speak the language
- Notice the collage art technique — mixed media