That Is My Dream!: A Picture Book of Langston Hughes's Dream Variation

"Dream Variation," one of Langston Hughes's most celebrated poems, about the dream of a world free of discrimination and racial prejudice, is now a picture book stunningly illustrated by Daniel Miyares, the acclaimed creator of Float.

To fling my arms wide
In some place of the sun,
To whirl and to dance
Till the white day is done....

Langston Hughes's inspiring and timeless message of pride, joy, and the dream of a better life is brilliantly and beautifully interpreted in Daniel Miyares's gorgeous artwork.

Follow one African-American boy through the course of his day as the harsh reality of segregation and racial prejudice comes into vivid focus. But the boy dreams of a different life--one full of freedom, hope, and wild possibility, where he can fling his arms wide in the face of the sun.

Hughes's powerful vision, brought joyously to life by Daniel Miyares, is as relevant--and necessary--today as when it was first written.

Author: Langston Hughes
Publisher: Anne Schwartz Books
Published: 10/03/2017
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 10.20h x 9.00w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780399550171
Audience: Ages 4-8


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2017 pg. 62
Publishers Weekly 08/21/2017
Booklist 09/01/2017 pg. 92
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2017 pg. 81
School Library Journal 11/01/2017 pg. 62
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2018 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author
Langston Hughes (1902-1967) is one of the most beloved and celebrated American poets of all time. He published his first poem The Negro Speaks of Rivers in The Crisis magazine in 1921. His first book of poems, The Weary Blues, which includes the poem Dream Variation, was published by Knopf in 1926 when Hughes was only twenty-four years old. Hughes was an important leader of the Harlem Renaissance during the 1920s. During his lifetime, he was awarded a Guggenhiem Fellowship (1935), a Rosenwald Fellowship (1940), and an American Academy of Arts and Letters Grant (1947). In addition to poetry, Hughes wrote short stories, novels, memoirs, essays, and plays.

Daniel Miyares is the author and illustrator of Float, an ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book of the Year, which The Boston Globe called, a perfect wordless book; Pardon Me!; and Bring Me a Rock! He also illustrated Surf's Up by Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander. He lives in Kansas City, MO, with his wife and their two children. Visit him on the web at danielmiyares.com or on Twitter @danielmiyares.