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All Aboard for Dreamland

by Melanie Harby

illustrated by Geraldo Valério
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Description

Destination Dreamland! Hop aboard for a Topsy-turvy ride through Wiggle town, Giggle town and Groggy Grove! Gerald Valério's dazzling and joyously original illustrations, and Melanie Harry's engaging rhymes deliver a trainload of read-along fun to sleepy children, transporting them safely to the land of their dreams.

Themes: lullaby, bedtime book, accompanied with song, toy trains

Reviews

"Valério's brightly coloured stylized paintings, textured with visible brushstrokes and the occasional cutout piece of graph paper...fuel this giddy trip to Dreamland.” - Kirkus Reviews

 

"The action sounds are great (Chuggle-chuggle choo! Yuckity-yuckity yack!), and moments of silliness are speckled throughout the more active earlier portion of the book. ... [All Aboard for Dreamland] is versatile, enjoyable and attractive. Recommended" - CM Magazine

 

"Watercolor and marker artwork with accents of graph-paper shapes convey the tale's changing moods. This is entertaining bedtime story is a worthy choice of most collections." - School Library Journal


Author Biography

Melanie Harby is a musician and songwritter and has written lyrics for Walt Disney and Warner Bros. She lives in California with her husband and two sons.

Illustrator Biography

Geraldo Valério has illustrated many award-winning picture books published in his native Brazil as well as Portugal, the United States and Canada. He lives in Toronto.