Dreams and Visions : Fourteen Flights of Fantasy

Let your imagination soar and take flight with these fourteen original tales of fantasy and science fiction for young readers. Joan Bauer gives us Chloe, a fantasy writer trying to tell a new storybut her characters wont cooperate. Suzanne Fisher Staples introduces us to the powers of djinn in her magical tale set in Pakistan. Charles de Lint offers a romantic tale set during the Summer of Love in his mythical city of Newford. Patrice Kindls mysterious Mrs. Duck moves into the boring town of Refreshing Acresand nothing is ever the same again David Lubar thrills us with his story of Deborah, an aspiring magician. Jessies encounter with a toad changes her life in an uplifting tale by Nancy Springer. Tamora Pierces story takes us to the land of the Hartunjar, where woman are subservient to menbut not for long . . . .

M. Jerry Weiss is Distinguished Service Professor of Communications Emeritus, New Jersey City University. A teacher, writer, and lecturer, he has won numerous awards and honors, including the 1997 International Reading Association Special Service Award and the National Council of Teachers of English Distinguished Service Award. Helen S. Weiss is an author and scholar of humor. Jerry and Helen Weiss are editors of two previous anthologies: From One Experience to Another and Lost & Found. They live in Montclair, New Jersey.