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Harry N. Abrams (1994), Edition: 1st Edition, Hardcover, 38 pages. Illustrated paper over boards in like illustrated dustjacket. 40 unnumbered pages.
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Trying to stay awake to see the sandman, a young boy finds himself sailing the star-filled night sky with him.
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LibraryThing member Whisper1
A book for children...of all ages. This is incredibly illustrated. The art work is mesmerizingly, stunningly beautiful.
Joey's friend Henry claims to have seen the sandman. Curious, Joey is determined to stay awake to see if he can have the same experience.
As Joey's eyes begin to close, he is
Gliding right behind the sunset, following it right around the world, Joey and the Sandman ride right in front of the sunset.
Joey and the delightful, long-robed, bearded, jolly Sandman place stars in the sky and visit all the sleeping children of the world.
Joey's friend Henry claims to have seen the sandman. Curious, Joey is determined to stay awake to see if he can have the same experience.
As Joey's eyes begin to close, he is
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magically transported to the sky of stars where he rides in a strange ship with billowing sails and a huge balloon keeping the contraption afloat.Gliding right behind the sunset, following it right around the world, Joey and the Sandman ride right in front of the sunset.
Joey and the delightful, long-robed, bearded, jolly Sandman place stars in the sky and visit all the sleeping children of the world.
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LibraryThing member paroof
Absolutely gorgeous artwork.... so good in fact that it may actually outshine the story. Not that it's a bad story - it's not. It's just that with artwork like that you expect the story to be extraordinary as well. You get the feeling the story was written to showcase the artwork instead of the
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LibraryThing member jthuro1
Ship of dreams is driven by its beautiful illustrations. The illustrations in this book bring the imaginative tale to life. The author does a good job of getting inside the head of an adventurous and kind hearted child who can be seen growing and maturing in the book. At the end of the book, the
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main character decides not to tell his friend about his adventure, and this makes the readers knowledge of the events that much more special. It is like the reader and the two main characters have a wonderful secret that no one else will know. Show Less
LibraryThing member HildmanJ
Dean Morrissey's brightly colored paintings compliment this story of Joey's determination to stay awake and catch the Sandman like his friend Henry did the night before. Follow Joey in his flannel footy pajamas on his adventure, searching for the Sandman's ship as he sails through the sky in his
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38 p.; 10.87 inches
ISBN
0810938480 / 9780810938489
Local notes
Young Joey, curious about whether the sandman really exists, takes flight in a dream one night in his familiar red wagon. He is dropped into the sandman's flying ship where he watches the white-bearded wizard catch shooting stars to be ground into sleeping sand. The kindly magician also casts new stars to be hung in the sky whenever a baby is born.
Signed by Morrissey on title page with a couple of drawings of a moon and a star.
Signed by Morrissey on title page with a couple of drawings of a moon and a star.