In this stunning bilingual picture book from bestselling author Benjamin Alire Senz, an old man tells his granddaughter about the nine most beautiful dreams of his life.
En este impactante libro ilustrado bilinge del exitoso autor Benjamin Alire Senz, un anciano le cuenta a su nieta los nueve sueos ms hermosos de su vida.
Seventy-eight year-old Octavio Rivera is a beautiful dreamer. And lately he has been visited by some very interesting dreams--dreams about piatas that spill their treasures before him, revealing kissing turtles, winged pigs, hitchhiking armadillos, and many more fantastic things! He longs to tell someone about his dreams, but who else in his life would understand their full beauty? And then he remembers his young granddaughter Regina, because she too appreciates beautiful and fantastic things. Once he tells her, his heart at rest, Octavio prepares for his siesta, hoping to be blessed with one long, last, lovely dream.
With gorgeous folk art-inspired illustrations and the humor and depth of all Benjamin Alire Senz's work, A Perfect Season for Dreaming unfolds the sweet possibilities in relationships between the very old and the very young.
Octavio Rivera, de setenta y ocho aos, es un bello soador. Y ltimamente ha sido visitado por algunos sueos muy interesantes: sueos sobre piatas que derraman sus tesoros ante l, revelando tortugas besndose, cerdos alados, armadillos pidiendo aventones a un festival literario, y muchas ms cosas fantsticas! Anhela contarle a alguien sobre sus sueos, pero quin ms en su vida entendera toda su belleza? Y luego recuerda a su joven nieta Regina, porque ella tambin aprecia las cosas bellas y fantsticas. Una vez que l le dice, con el corazn en paz, Octavio se prepara para su siesta, con la esperanza de ser bendecido con un largo, ltimo y hermoso sueo.
Con magnficas ilustraciones inspiradas en el arte popular y el humor y la profundidad de toda la obra de Benjamin Alire Senz, Un tiempo perfecto para soar despliega las dulces posibilidades en las relaciones entre los muy viejos y los muy jvenes.