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Question 1

Just ask the people who live here.

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Question 2

The sidewalks are wide enough for huge chalk drawings and giant hopscotch boards.

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Question 3

Children from all over the neighborhood come to play until the streetlights go on.

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Question 4

He’s thinking about how their mom always says, “Don’t leave the house without your crown.”

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Question 5

He tips his big brown fedora and greets everyone with, “Don’t wait to have a great day. Create one!”

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Question 6

“Everything has a right to be free,” she says.

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Question 7

She says there’s a special name for it: a lepidopterist.

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Question 8

That girl can really jump some rope!

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Question 9

She can do Double Dutch on one leg at a time.

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Question 10

She can turn around and touch the ground.

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Question 11

She can jump by herself with two ropes.

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Question 12

When she flies down the street, swinging her rope, she lifts her long brown legs as high as the sun.

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Question 13

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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Question 14

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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Question 15

“Of course they can!” she whispers back.

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Question 16

He flashes a bright smile and continues his journey through the pages of the next book.

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Question 17

In her notebook she scribbles down the things she hears when they don’t know she’s listening.

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Question 18

“Those boys are more than a handful,” some say, but the brothers know not to act up or show out.

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Question 19

Her magnolia trees smell like milk and honey and make your eyes feel heavy, as if they want to close.

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Question 20

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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Question 21

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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Question 22

Watch out!

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Question 23

You might get dizzy if you stare too long.

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Question 24

Sometimes when the rhythm takes hold, her wrap unravels and falls to the ground.

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Question 25

She never stops moving, even as she stoops down to pick it up.

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Question 26

He might miss something important.

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Question 27

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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Question 28

There is no need to worry or to rush.

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Question 29

They take their time, growing and playing, learning and living, and soaring skyward toward all the adventures that await them.

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Question 30

After practicing law for sixteen years, Tricia is now an assistant professor of creative writing at Howard University.

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Dream Street - Author’s note

Question 31

She has received the Coretta Scott King award for two other picture books.

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Question 32

Children can grow up to be whoever they want.

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Question 33

She reflects on the neighborhood friends and family that gave her encouragement and inspiration..

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Dream Street - Author’s note