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Just a Dream

by Chris Van Allsburg · 1990

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Young Walter litters and refuses to sort trash for recycling, until he dreams of an overcrowded and polluted future which terrifies him into taking care of the earth.

Genre
fantasyadventuremagical realismscience fictionurban fantasy
Themes
environmentnatureteachersartchildhood
Setting
future
Subject
science
Audience
childrenspicture books
Length
short · 48 pages

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