Daydreamer

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  Nice and funny, especially the last dayream when the child daydreams about being an adult :-)

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  MiaRossy said on Nov 11, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  This is such a lovely children's book about a boy who likes to daydream. It reads aloud very well.

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  Hold Your Spin said on Dec 11, 2006 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  nice and dreamy stories, for children and grown-ups who really like to daydream!

  He felt nimble and weightless as he skimmed across the sand. I'm about to take off, he thought. Was he daydreaming, or was he flying?

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  Chiara L'Onironauta said on Jun 6, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Absolutely delicious. Funny and sad, sometimes at the same time, and really lovely. Not really a book for children as much as a book about children, or rather, about being a child.

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  Marco Piva said on Feb 7, 2010 about the Paperback edition | 2 feedbacks

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  I would never have imagined Ian McEwan, a master of erotic novels, writing a children's book. But he did in this novella "The Daydreamer", and he did it with flair.

  The novel is an account of the stories imagined by 10-year old Peter who was very good at daydreaming. In his dream-world, Pete ... (continue)

  I would never have imagined Ian McEwan, a master of erotic novels, writing a children's book. But he did in this novella "The Daydreamer", and he did it with flair.

  The novel is an account of the stories imagined by 10-year old Peter who was very good at daydreaming. In his dream-world, Peter got attacked by his sister's 60 dolls, swapped bodies with his cat and cousin, applied a "vanishing cream" to his parents, fended off a bully at school and a burglar at home. They are all very interesting and sure to satisfy the fun-loving children and adults alike.

  You won't find a shred of McEwan's trademark of sexually-charged, morbid and lascivious writing in this little book. It is purely a children's book, and his one and only children's book. It is a pity that he doesn't write anymore of this genre.

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  Tracy W said on Jan 1, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Hardcover
• ISBN-10: 0394280733
• ISBN-13: 9780394280738
• Publisher: Knopf Canada
• Pub date: Sep 20, 1994
• Also available as: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Library Binding, School & Library Binding, Others and eBook
• In other languages: other languages Deutsche Bücher, Libri Italiani

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