The Dreamatics

The Dreamatics

Michelle Cuevas

Rocky Pond Books, 320 pp. ISBN: 978-0-59353-222-5

Grades 4 and up

Luna is just an average 10-year old kid -  whose dreams are produced every night by a full theater troupe, complete with costumes, props, smells and sounds. An event in Luna’s waking life leads to nocturnal catastrophe and her wonderful visions are taken over by The Bad Dreams! Will the former troupe, led by stagehand, Dormir, be able to banish the nightmares and help Luna sleep peacefully again? Wonderfully creative and heartfelt, this book will take you on a journey behind the scenes of theaters and dreams.

Michelle Cuevas

Michelle Cuevas is the author of the national bestsellers The Dreamatics, The Uncorker of Ocean Bottles illustrated by Caldecott medalist Erin E. Stead, The Care and Feeding of a Pet Black Hole, Smoot: A Rebellious Shadow illustrated by Sydney Smith, Confessions of an Imaginary Friend: A Memoir by Jacques Papier, Beyond the Laughing Sky illustrated by Julie Morstad, The Town of Turtle illustrated by Catia Chien, and The Masterwork of a Painting Elephant illustrated by Ed Young. Her novels Confessions of an Imaginary Friend and The Care and Feeding of a Pet Black Hole are being developed into feature animated films.

Michelle graduated from Williams College and holds a master of fine arts in creative writing from the University of Virginia, where she received the Henry Hoyns Fellowship.

Her books have been translated into over 20 languages worldwide. 

She is a native of Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

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