Dream: with Sesame Street: Celebrate Graduation: Read as a Story. Sign as a Guestbook.

by Sesame Workshop, Susanna Leonard Hill, Marybeth Nelson (Illustrator)

Overview

Celebrate graduation with a special story and guestbook that shows you can do anything if you just keep dreaming!

Where will your dreams take you? From world-renowned children's brand Sesame Street and the creators of the New York Times bestseller Love comes a heartwarming new picture book about dreaming big. Beloved characters offer advice and encouragement to remind you to believe in yourself and never give up—because all that you need for success is in you!

For kids ages 3-7 and graduates of all ages, this inspirational story plus graduation guestbook includes a timeless message to reach for the stars plus special signing pages for messages from friends and family that will become a treasured keepsake for years to come!

Why readers love this special graduation edition of Dream:

• Features favorite Sesame Street characters Elmo, Cookie Monster, Abby Cadabby, and more
• Includes 13 signing pages for heartfelt notes of encouragement
• Makes an amazing gift for graduation or as a sendoff into the new phase of anyone's life
• A heartfelt read aloud that offers an uplifting, motivating message about perseverance, determination, and growth mindset

A dream can be big or a dream can be small.

What matters the most Is to have dreams at all.

Ambitious, creative, outrageous, concrete,

or close to your heart, something simple and sweet.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781728210506
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	04/07/2020
Series:	Sesame Street Scribbles Series
Pages:	40
Sales rank:	1,079,349
Product dimensions:	9.60(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	AD630L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 7 Years

About the Author

Sesame Workshop is the nonprofit educational organization behind the world-renowned children’s program Sesame Street. With the mission of helping kids grow smarter, stronger, and kinder, Sesame Workshop has worked with educators to develop programs tailored to the unique needs of children all over the world. Sesame Workshop works to teach the whole child, providing lessons on topics from ABCs and 123s to health, emotional well-being, and respect.

Susanna Leonard Hill is the New York Times bestselling author of Moon’s First Friends, as well as many other award-winning books for children. She does frequent school and library visits, teaches picture book writing, and offers picture book critiques. She lives in New York's Mid-Hudson Valley with her children and two rescue dogs.

Editorial Reviews

"A very positive rhyming read-aloud...Encouraging the dreamer in every reader." - Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

11/01/2019

PreS-Gr 1—Familiar and beloved characters from Sesame Street, including Big Bird, Elmo, and Cookie Monster, offer the very young encouragement and advice through simple rhyming text. Nelson's colorful imagery and Hill's positive messages throughout create a platform in which parents can have an age-appropriate conversation with children about their dreams and aspirations themselves and drive home the message that sometimes we have to encounter difficulties in reaching our goals. Positive self-talk is sprinkled throughout the story ("You're amazing and smart in all that you do."). VERDICT A colorful, engaging picture book that beautifully illustrates self-worth, goal-setting, and what to do when one encounters difficulty along the way.—Katie Callahan, Montgomery County Public Schools, MD

School Library Journal

2019-07-24
Readers will follow their dreams when familiar Sesame Street characters, in dreamy pastels against faint outlined scenes, cheer them on.

The journey begins with defining that dream ("A dream can be big or a dream can be small. / What matters the most is to have dreams at all. / Ambitious, creative, outrageous, concrete, / or close to your heart, something simple and sweet") and taking that scary first step. Grover, Oscar the Grouch, and Zoe offer counsel on dealing with failure ("remember you grow when you get through bad days") and rejection ("Even if others may not think it's best, / the road to success is your own special quest" and "You always can ask a good friend for advice, / and working together sure does feel nice!"). And of course, Cookie Monster knows "cookies and milk sweep the gray clouds away / and bring you right back to a bright sunny day." No matter what, Bert and Ernie remind readers "if your dream seems as if it will never come true, / keep in mind you're surrounded by those who love you." A closing wish "that all of your dreams will come true" makes this a very positive rhyming read-aloud even if there are a few near rhymes and lines where the meter isn't perfect.

Encouraging the dreamer in every reader. (Picture book. 4-6)

Kirkus Reviews