{"id":48866,"date":"2021-12-16T11:12:24","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T16:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=48866"},"modified":"2021-12-15T09:13:43","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T14:13:43","slug":"dream-street-by-tricia-elam-walker-illustrated-by-ekua-holmes-in-shelf-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/dream-street-by-tricia-elam-walker-illustrated-by-ekua-holmes-in-shelf-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"Dream Street by Tricia Elam Walker, illustrated by Ekua Holmes [in Shelf Awareness]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-48869\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/Dream-Street-Tricia-Elam-Walker-BookDragon-621x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"621\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/Dream-Street-Tricia-Elam-Walker-BookDragon-621x800.jpg 621w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/Dream-Street-Tricia-Elam-Walker-BookDragon.jpg 656w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><em>Dream Street<\/em>\u00a0by cousins Tricia Elam Walker (<em>Nana Akua Goes to School<\/em>) and Ekua Holmes (<em>Voice of Freedom<\/em>;\u00a0<em>Saving American Beach<\/em>) is a formidable, potent antidote to a world that is often unkind to children, especially children of color. Here, &#8220;the children who live and play on Dream Street can become whatever and whoever they want, because their dreams are nourished and cared for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Dream Street, brothers Yusef and Biko never leave their home without crowns because, their mother reminds them, &#8220;their ancestors &#8230; were queens and kings with dreams they never gave up on.&#8221; Belle, who is going to be a lepidopterist, catches butterflies but she never traps them for long because &#8220;everything has a right to be free.&#8221; Future librarian Zion is already in the library, transported by &#8220;skyscraper-tall piles of books that take him on adventures around the world.&#8221; While the children dream, elders enable. Mr. Phillips plans a jazz band with his five sons; Ms. Paula teaches African dance; Ms. Sarah, Dream Street&#8217;s longest resident, has endless stories to share.<\/p>\n<p>Dream Street is real \u2013 and why shouldn&#8217;t it be? It&#8217;s based on Walker and Holmes&#8217;s Roxbury, Mass., childhood neighborhood. The two had a dream that someday they&#8217;d &#8220;create a picture book together about everyone they [knew] and [met] on Dream Street.&#8221; Their gratifying dream-come-true is made magnificent by Caldecott Honor artist Holmes&#8217;s gorgeously vibrant, multi-layered and multi-textured collages. Each illustration features the residents of Dream Street, making people and their stories the soul of the book. Readers are welcomed into a landscape of acceptance, respect, nurturing, and endless possibilities in <em>Dream Street<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Discover<\/strong>:\u00a0Cousins Tricia Elam Walker and Ekua Holmes make their childhood dreams come true by creating a powerful book about the best street in the world, on which\u00a0<em>all<\/em>\u00a0children are equally welcome.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shelf-awareness.com\/readers-issue.html?issue=1082#m18900\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8220;Children&#8217;s &amp; Young Adult,&#8221; <em>Shelf Awareness<\/em>, December 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dream Street\u00a0by cousins Tricia Elam Walker (Nana Akua Goes to School) and Ekua Holmes (Voice of Freedom;\u00a0Saving American Beach) is a formidable, potent antidote to a world that is often unkind to children, especially children of color. 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