This wide-reaching book has writing from elementary schools, high schools, and summer camps focused on everything from magical realism to science fiction. Read An Adventure Coconut Monkey Day, learn about The Legend of the Magic Spork, or if you think you can handle it, try out Zoopocalypse!

— Simon Traub-Epstein, International Library of Young Authors

From the publisher: “What shall we say about dreams? First off, they are intangible, which is a fange way of saying you cannot touch, see, hear, taste, or snift them. Practically speaking, dreams are just about useless! You can't use a dream to, say. fix a flat tire, or wrap a friend's birthday gift, or buy yourself a refreshing beverage on a sweltering August day. Of course, dreams are also the most important things that exist, because they make you who you are. Dreams fall into the realm of imagi-nation. that wondrous and terrifying moonwalk in your mind, so that every dream is unique, whether it's a daydream, a sleeping dream, or a dream for the future. Some dreams are highly specific to the dreamer, like your nightmare about waltzing with a clumsy monster wearing thumbtack shoes, or your dream of someday owning ten French bull-dogs, all named after previous winners of the Kentucky Derby. Other dreams are shared by many of us, such as Martin Luther King. Jr.'s dream-still so important more than fifty years after he first dreamed it aloud— that our world will one day be "an oasis of freedom and justice." Dr. King understood that dreams, just like any other living creature, must be nourished in order to survive. Now, you and I need protein and carbohydrates and water and ice cream to survive. The food and drink of dreams, however, are words. We use words to remember, describe, and make sense of our dreams, and when we feed our dreams with words-whether spoken, read, or written-those dreams grow stronger and more vivid. So please enjoy this book, a catalogue of dreams large and small, funny and frightening, and very important. Eat up!”