Appealing, well-done illustrations with a dreamy color palette. Children will enjoy seeing a caterpillar turn into butterfly, a tadpole turn into a frog, and a gray baby flamingo turn into a beautiful pink creature. Encouraging children to have hopes and dreams is laudatory. However, the message of the book about the power of belief and will to make things happen is erroneous. There are other forces at work in the world and this philosophy is a pipe "dream." Therefore, one star, if that.

I loved the illustrations so much that they were distracting from the story. which was quite inspirational. Kids will enjoy it.

Dream Big is basically my motto in life. So of course I had to check out this children's book of the same name. There are a lot of animals and they are all making wishes of their wildest dreams. The baboon thinks that these things can never come true, but one by one they start happening for the animals because they are wishing and believing that they can do anything. This is a great message and the animals in the book are really cute :)

I received a free e-copy of this book in order to write this review. I was not otherwise compensated.

Dream Big, is a bedtime-esq children’s story book.

Moody Buffoon is always grumpy and tries to quash the other animals dreams. First, he tells Caterpillar, who dreams of being able to fly, that he won’t be able to with all of his feet clinging on to the tree.

Next, when Tadpole dreams of dancing, Buffoon tells him that he’s got no chance as he has no feet to follow a beat. He then tells Flamingo that she is too ordinary, when Flamingo tells him that she dreams of being beautiful.

When one by one the animals dreams come true, Buffoon is left flabbergasted and looking a bit silly. He’s also a little envious and makes a dream of his own, but will his own dream come true?

The book is all about teaching children to believe in themselves and to dream big, as you never know, your dreams may just come true. It also teaches them not to listen to those who try to make fun of your dreams.

The book is extremely colourful throughout, which is aesthetically pleasing, but with the full page being brightly coloured, sometimes the writing merged into the background, and I couldn’t quite make out the text without looking at it really closely.

At the back of the book, the author has also included a resources section, which is helpful for parents and teachers. This is a sweet children’s book, with a powerful message.