In the Meadow of Fantasies

<b>Written by the winner of IBBY's Best Book Award Mohammad Hadi Mohammadi <i>In the Meadow of Fantasies</i> is one girl's luminous escapade into a land of seven mysterious horses.</b> <p/>A young girl with a physical disability gazes up at a mobile of spinning horses from her little pink bed in her room filled with leafy plants. As she watches them prance about the tufted snout of a real live horse peeks through her bedroom door. Soon enough our bright protagonist is off and cantering on an adventure with seven majestic horses. The first six are easily understood: their colors dreams families and origins are described and accompanied with exquisite drawings. The seventh horse however is an enigmatic creature with no clear hue or history a lack that is soon filled in by the loving offerings of the other ponies. A story about dreaming and about caring for others <i>In the Meadow of Fantasies</i> will remind young readers of their own reveries and conjure new fantasies of friendly creatures in far off lands.