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The Dreamer
by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Illustrator: Peter Sís
Ages: 9+
Published: 2010
Publisher: Scholastic
ISBN: 978-0-439-26970-4
Keywords: Chile, Pablo Neruda
This fictional biography of the Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda, artfully combines spare prose, poetry, and ink drawings to describe a shy boy's imaginative transformation of the world around him.