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Gr 4-7 Readers first meet the dream-givers as they creep around a dark house in the middle of the night where an old woman and a dog named Toby are sleeping. -Littlest was very small, new to the work, energetic and curious. Fastidious was tired, impatient, and had a headache. - Littlest is soon paired with a new partner, Thin Elderly, who is a much better guide and teacher than Fastidious was. They are benevolent beings who visit humans (and pets, too) at night. They handle objects, gather memories, and give them back in the form of happy dreams...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Curious, unconventional Littlest One is a dream giver, an ethereal spirit who "bestows" dreams on humans by touching (very lightly; it's dangerous to "delve") items that contain pleasant memories, gathering these "fragments," and wafting them gently into sleepers' ears. Littlest One is apprenticed to Thin Elderly, whose dream-giving territory is a house belonging to a lonely but loving old woman who is fostering an angry, emotionally scarred eig...Log In or Sign Up to Read More