One of the saddest things that are happening once we are growing up is that we forget to keep our dreams alive. And I am not talking here about the big dreams, when one is setting for him- or herself the aim of being a doctor, or living in a castle and many more, but just about those everyday dreams, when we are acting on a pirate ship one night while swimming with mermaids in the other.
The curious girl character from Dreams in a Jar eventually found the remedy against forgetfullness: she keeps fragments of the dream in a jar under her bed. Thus, she keeps dreaming, collecting memories that are sealed in the jar as she is busy gathering more memories.
The rhymes are simple yet convening the important meanings for both children and adults. If you read it as an adult, it may bring back memories of those days when there was not tomorrow, just day and the dreams. For children, it resonates with their everyday daydreaming and their colourful vivid life.
Dreams in a Jar can be used as a good night story for dreamy pre-school children, but also in Kindergarten, while trying to discuss with the little ones, for instance, what they would love to have in their jar of dreams.
But what would be a children book without illustrations? My 7yo son released a couple of genuine loud ´wow´s upon following the artwork created for this book by Karen Bunting. The pictures build the bridges with the text in a dreamlike way, and one may need to read this book more than once.
A recommended book to everyone who will not give up daydreaming, no matter the age.
Rating: 5 stars
Disclaimer: Book offered as part of the book tour but the opinions are, as usual, my own
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