Wisp and the Library of Dreams
Wisp and the Library of Dreams
by Lucia Verdi
In a library where dreams grow on shelves like flowers, apprentice Wisp finds one bud that has stopped blooming. Only a very good question can wake it.
- Age
- Ages 6–8
- Pages
- 18
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Wisp and the Library of Dreams
Once upon a time…
The Library of Dreams floated high above the sleeping world, on a cloud shaped like an open book. Its shelves did not hold books. They held dreams, growing in silver pots, and every dream bloomed like a flower, each in its own color and its own shape. The whole library smelled of honey and rain, and it hummed a soft, sleepy tune.
Page 1
Wisp was the library's newest apprentice, a small cloud-sprite with a pencil behind her ear and a watering can that was always half full of starlight. Her job was to check every dream before morning, to make sure that each one was healthy, bright and ready to be delivered to a sleeping child. She loved it more than anything.
Page 2
The head librarian, Madame Moth, fluttered past with a tray of glowing seeds, her wings shimmering like stained glass. "Remember, Wisp," she said, peering down over her tiny golden glasses. "A dream is like a garden. It needs the right care to bloom. Not too much light, not too little. And always, always a little attention."
Page 3
Wisp went from shelf to shelf. She watered a dream of flying kites. She dusted a dream of a giant cake, and she may have tasted just a little of the frosting. She gave a gentle hug to a small, nervous dream about the first day of school, and it bloomed a little brighter, glowing warm and gold in her arms.
Page 4
…and then?
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Story mood
Is it a wind-down book, or a wake-up book?
- SleepySnooze-ready
- SillySerious
- BraveCozy
- CuriousFull of wonder
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What-if wall
Tape a big sheet of paper to a wall. Each evening, write one what-if question and draw a possible answer. See how many you can fill in a week.
What your child will take away
- ✓Asking good questions
- ✓Imagination and wonder
- ✓Caring for other people's ideas
About the author
Lucia Verdi
A gardener and illustrator who believes every flower has something to say.
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