Dream Street Flashcards
Just ask the people who live here.
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The sidewalks are wide enough for huge chalk drawings and giant hopscotch boards.
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Children from all over the neighborhood come to play until the streetlights go on.
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He’s thinking about how their mom always says, “Don’t leave the house without your crown.”
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He tips his big brown fedora and greets everyone with, “Don’t wait to have a great day. Create one!”
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“Everything has a right to be free,” she says.
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She says there’s a special name for it: a lepidopterist.
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That girl can really jump some rope!
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She can do Double Dutch on one leg at a time.
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She can turn around and touch the ground.
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She can jump by herself with two ropes.
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When she flies down the street, swinging her rope, she lifts her long brown legs as high as the sun.
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Her voice is only a whisper, but there are stories between the lines of her face that she’ll share when you come close.
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When other kids talk or laugh, he tells them “SHH!” because doesn’t everyone know you are supposed to be quiet in there?
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“Of course they can!” she whispers back.
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He flashes a bright smile and continues his journey through the pages of the next book.
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In her notebook she scribbles down the things she hears when they don’t know she’s listening.
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“Those boys are more than a handful,” some say, but the brothers know not to act up or show out.
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Her magnolia trees smell like milk and honey and make your eyes feel heavy, as if they want to close.
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Now she teaches African dance at the rec center, her head wrapped round and round with bright fabric until it’s high as a pyramid.
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Her feet move lightning fast, slap, slap, slapping and tap, tap, tapping the floor, keeping pace with the drummer’s hands.
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Watch out!
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You might get dizzy if you stare too long.
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Sometimes when the rhythm takes hold, her wrap unravels and falls to the ground.
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She never stops moving, even as she stoops down to pick it up.
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He might miss something important.
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Instead, they count the stars that sparkle through the bedroom window and listen to laughter outside from the big kids who don’t have to go to bed yet.
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There is no need to worry or to rush.
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They take their time, growing and playing, learning and living, and soaring skyward toward all the adventures that await them.
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After practicing law for sixteen years, Tricia is now an assistant professor of creative writing at Howard University.
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She has received the Coretta Scott King award for two other picture books.
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Children can grow up to be whoever they want.
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She reflects on the neighborhood friends and family that gave her encouragement and inspiration..
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