Where do dreams come from?

Original title: Otkuda berutsya sny

Every day, a boy in a striped cap named Didis works tirelessly. He catches fluffy clouds and shadows of rainbow butterflies in his magic net. Sometimes he manages to catch the bright tail of a big rainbow and add the buzzing of bees and croaking of frogs to his catch. Didis takes all this diversity on his little horse to the mill, where the work continues. The boy pours the treasures he has collected during the day onto the millstones of the magic mill, which are as blue as the night sky, and it grinds them, turning them into light and airy dreams. Didis deftly collects them in bags and delivers them in the evening in his cart to the sleeping houses. And, of course, he is very annoyed if he is not expected and they do not go to bed on time.

This evening fairy tale based on Latvian legends was invented and drawn by Mara Daugaviete. In the book, morning, day, evening and night smoothly follow each other, slowly following the hard-working Didis and his faithful dog Bilis. The little horse slowly carries its precious cargo from page to page and this continuous, even movement creates a lulling effect in the book and by the end of the book the narrative increasingly resembles a melodious lullaby. “Shh! Do you hear, my friend, the bells jingling? Dadis has arrived at our porch… Good night, baby!”