The Storywalk at First United Methodist Church has a new story on Sunday.  Come to 145 S. Prairie St. in Whitewater and read the book “Dreamers” by Yuyi Morales.  Both English and Spanish texts are provided.  Take a walk around the outside of the church and read a book, a safe way to practice social distancing and enjoy a new book.  Hope to see you there!

(From the description on Amazon) We are resilience. We are hope. We are dreamers.

Yuyi Morales brought her hopes, her passion, her strength, and her stories with her, when she came to the United States in 1994 with her infant son. She left behind nearly everything she owned, but she didn’t come empty-handed.

Dreamers is a celebration of making your home with the things you always carry: your resilience, your dreams, your hopes and history. It’s the story of finding your way in a new place, of navigating an unfamiliar world and finding the best parts of it. In dark times, it’s a promise that you can make better tomorrows.  

This lovingly-illustrated picture book memoir looks at the myriad gifts migrants bring with them when they leave their homes. It’s a story about family. And it’s a story to remind us that we are all dreamers, bringing our own strengths wherever we roam. Beautiful and powerful at any time but given particular urgency as the status of our own Dreamers becomes uncertain, this is a story that is both topical and timeless.