Dream-House (Young Spirit)

By Fu-Ding Cheng

A house of dreams learns that a house becomes a home through the families and friends who live and grow up there. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571741860
• ISBN13: 9781571741868
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.3" x 0.5" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 3 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Dream-House

Artist, architect, and filmmaker Fu-Ding Cheng wrote and illustrated Dream-House, based on his award-winning film, Spirit of the Dream-House. A part of Hampton Roads' Young Spirit Books series for children, Dream-House, the story of a "house that loved, lost, and loved again," will charm children of all ages. The story begins with a house made of dreams, which became a home when the right family moved in. It loves giving shelter and protecting the family from the weather, even when Billy, the youngest member, accidently hits a baseball through the picture window. Billy makes it up to the house later, however, when it's threatened by a wildfire and he saves it from the flames with a water hose. Eventually Billy grew up, married, and raised a new family in the house. But things change as time passes. Billy's children grew up and left, and he put the old house up for sale. Over the years, it fell into disrepair. At first the house was frightened at its destruction, "then a wonderful thing happened. The rain washed my sorrows away, the sun warmed up my heart, and the wind blew my imagination free." Then the house remembered that it was made of dreams, and that if it could "just let of my old walls," it could find a new family to love and become a home once again. Which is exactly what it did. The left-hand pages include three to four lines of text, embellished with a small illustration. Detailed, full-size drawings in color grace the right-hand pages. Dream-House is "an enchanting, timeless story about rebirth and the mysterious power of love . . . that will both delight and enlighten readers of all ages." Purchase a copy for every child you know, including the one within you.

Invites parents and kids to share the story

Dream-House will invite parents and kids to share the story of the Dream House, a house made of dreams and love. Large print makes it easy for kids to follow along in a warm story of how a house watches its occupants grow up and grow older with family and friends within its walls.

Mind-expanding, heart-expanding

Well, we all have to live somewhere, but after reading Cheng's book you'll never again think of a house as a mere structure. From his lovingly cosmic perspective, the house exists outside of time and space. Although it is something larger than we realize, it embraces all the small circumstances of our lives; on the level of our hearts and our dreams, it finds us as much as we find it. By implication, this vision can be applied to all the allegedly mundane structures in which we live. If you want to raise your child (or yourself) in an atmosphere of expanding heart and mind, Cheng's lovely story and ravishing pictures are a good place to start.

Outstanding book for all ages

One of the most intelligent and interesting children's books I have ever read. The story is inspiring and the detailed illustrations are works of art. This is a book that will warm the heart and also give food for thought. I expect it to become a classic, and I hope there's a sequel!

A Masterpiece!

I cannot imagine a more beautiful pictorial on a home. Every child up to 100 years old should have a chance to experience the soul of a home with this book!