Dream Something Big

Kids, People and Places, Biography, Fiction, Fiction - YA
Cover of the book Dream Something Big by Dianna Hutts Aston, Penguin Young Readers Group
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Author: Dianna Hutts Aston ISBN: 9781101647974
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group Publication: August 18, 2011
Imprint: Dial Books Language: English
Author: Dianna Hutts Aston
ISBN: 9781101647974
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication: August 18, 2011
Imprint: Dial Books
Language: English

Between 1921 and 1955, Italian immigrant Simon Rodia transformed broken glass, seashells, pottery, and a dream to "do something big" into a U.S. National Landmark. Readers watch the towers rise from his little plot of land in Watts, California, through the eyes of a fictional girl as she grows and raises her own children. Chronicled in stunningly detailed collage that mimics Rodia's found-object art, this thirty-four-year journey becomes a mesmerizing testament to perseverance and possibility. A final, innovative "build-your-own-tower" activity makes this multicultural, intergenerational tribute a classroom natural and a perfect gift-sure to encourage kids to follow their own big dreams.

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Between 1921 and 1955, Italian immigrant Simon Rodia transformed broken glass, seashells, pottery, and a dream to "do something big" into a U.S. National Landmark. Readers watch the towers rise from his little plot of land in Watts, California, through the eyes of a fictional girl as she grows and raises her own children. Chronicled in stunningly detailed collage that mimics Rodia's found-object art, this thirty-four-year journey becomes a mesmerizing testament to perseverance and possibility. A final, innovative "build-your-own-tower" activity makes this multicultural, intergenerational tribute a classroom natural and a perfect gift-sure to encourage kids to follow their own big dreams.

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