THE DREAMKEEPER

Minedition, 2006. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/New. Robert Ingpen color illus.. CONDITION: "Mixed condition." Gently pre-read or perused (Very Good +) 2006 Minedition hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket (NEW), first edition, first printing. Decorated end pages. Beautiful, as always, color illustrations by the Author. CONTENT: Using spells and magic, the Dreamkeeper^B catches bad dreams as they escape to become real and carries cages and baskets to trap nightmare monsters and transform them. Ingpen, recipient of the 1986 Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Illustration, melds a wild, chatty, sometimes deliciously scary narrative created for his granddaughter. Beautiful, meticulously detailed pictures show where magic happens, including sepia-toned double-page spreads crowded with storybook people, dragons, knights, animals, and partially clothed characters--all acting out their destinies. There's contemporary magic as well as the old-fashioned sort: the Dreamkeeper's tiny, bearded assistant has a powerful weapon, a special remote control that allows him to "expose the presence of any tricky goblin or hairy troll." Kids will be drawn to the pictures of fantastic creatures that are part of the "scary shadows you see on the wall or ceiling at night."