Grandmother's Dreamcatcher
by Becky Ray McCain
This boom is about Kimmy, a little Chippewa girl who goes to live with her grandmother because Kimmy's parents have to find a new place to live. Kimmy has a hard time sleeping becuase she keeps having nightmares about possible dangers her parents may encounter. To help Kimmy sleep, her Grandmother tells her about dreamcatchers and the belief of how they are suppose to capture bad dreams and allow good ones to make their way back to the person dreaming. The stroy puts Kimmy at ease and she and her grandmother find scrap materials and work together to make a dreamcatcher for Kimmy. The illustrations are pretty and give the characters features and expressions of thier own. This book would be great to share with students to make them aware of various cultures and beliefs. Something that I thought was neat is the way the author included the directions for making a dreamcatcher in the book. Creating a dreamcatcher as individuals or a group would be a great follow-up acticvity after sharing this book with the class.
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