Dream Quilt

Alex is to spend a week with his Great Aunt Rachel. She lives far away from the urban life where Alex has spent his whole life, but when he leaves his home his mother assures him that he will have a great time with aunt Rachel. Alex is not so sure though. How will it be to spend a whole week there, far away from the life he knows.The first night comes, after a quite good day, a day where he has done alot of fun things with auntie, though he did not climb the tree outside his bedroom window when Rachel suggested it, climbing a tree was something he had never tried before. He is afraid he will not be able to sleep, but Rachel gives him a quilt that has travelled around the world with his great- greatgrandfather, who was a captain, may be even a pirate.The quilt is a dream quilt, and Alex has the most adventurous dreams through the seven nights he spends in aunt Rachel's house. From being the quiet, scared little boy that arrived, he grows to a boy with much more belief in himself. With the help of the dream quilt he goes through several adventures, and discovers the strength in himself. And through his days, aunt Rachel is there to back him up, to believe in him, to have time for him.Every child should have a grown up like aunt Rachel, where they can be given courage to believe in themselves. To discover that they have the strength to manage.The books is beautifully written by Jessie Spice Zerner, and is filled with the collage illustrations of Amy Zerner. A masterpiece by mother and daughter. ...

This is a delightful book that should be in every child's collection as well as collections of all people who love and nurish children. The little boy has bad dreams at night until his mother shares with him a quilt that her mother made her when she was small. Mother explains how the pictures on the quilt will help him focus on the good things. Mother gives him a "stamp" - kiss- to send him on his way. When grandmother offers to make him a quilt like it and must take it with her for a short period of time, his mother explains that it isn't actually the quilt that protects him, but God who loves and protects him. Reminding him of God sending Noah a rainbow as a promise of His love, Mother gives him a kiss and sends him to rainbow land. It is a lovely comforting book.