Dreams are Fierce

In Gossamer by Lois Lowry, Littlest One creeps around in the middle of the night practicing dream-giving on an elderly woman and her sleeping dog. Toby is training to be a dream-giver, which is someone who gathers shreds of memories and gives them back as dreams. Then the elderly woman takes in a foster child who is an eight-year old boy named John. Littlest One now has to take on a great challenge, she must try to help John with his bad dreams. This book is an interesting fantasy that offers a clever view on how dreams can help us heal. This book can help us all to open up to our dreams, and not be afraid of our nightmares.