Eddy's Dream

Miriam Cohen's stories bubble with the energy of children. They address the real stuff that's on kid's minds without being preachy or moralistic or stodgy. Eddy's Dream reminds me of the "Jim" series of books that are now classics and in every school library across the country. What's so amazing about this book is it's fresh approach: using Adam Cohen's intimate photographs insead of illustrations. Together, Miriam and Adam Cohen give us a vivid story of how kids interact and what they dream of. It's a great story for parents to read and for kids to listen to (or read themselves). Best of all, my seven year old son picked it over and over as the book we'd read together at reading time.You'll love it! And so will your child!

It isn't often you get a book these days with black and white photographs. Somehow I think we think kids won't look at them, but what a mistake! This book is simply special. There's room in the text and pictures for the reader to find her/his own magic. And that's what it's all about isn't it. Can't imagine a kid not getting caught up. Thank you Miram and Adam Cohen!

I just had the opportunity to see this book up close, and it's just amazing. I was so moved that these kids used their imaginations to transport a boy mired in sadness to a dream trip to his beloved grandma in Puerto Rico. I just loved Miriam Cohen's ability to lift the spirits of both children and the adults who read to and with them with this book.

I loved this book. As a teacher for over twenty-five years, I feel the story is real, the portrayal of the chidren is accurate, and the whole feeling of the book is beautiful. I used this book in class to start a discussion about feelings, pretending, how we treat one another, etc. It was a great success. The children loved the photographs. Some children spent a long time pouring over the pictures and commenting on them. I think they liked the pictures so much because they weren't drawings. They were of real, identifiable kids, like themselves. Picture books illustrated with photographs are not too common, and my students were fascinated by them. They wanted to play a dress-up game like the one depicted in the book (which we did), and they asked to read the story again a few days later. My students especially liked the colorful children's drawings in the front and the back of the book. They immediately wanted to draw their own pictures of the scenes in book, so the book worked as a story, a discussion starter about feelings and helping each other, a stimulus to drawing, an exploration of photographs, etc. My thanks to Miriam Cohen and Adam Cohen for producing such a lovely book.

I loved Eddy's dream! It's a heartfelt story with gorgeous photos. I don't agree with the Library Journal review at all. Eddy is a boy who every child can identify with, and the acting out of the fantasy is pure magic.Read this book and you will never forget it!