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How to Catch a Dream

By Alice Walstead
Series: How to Catch
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From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling How to Catch series comes an all-new story about life's greatest adventure: chasing your dreams! This time, there are no traps to build or maps to follow, but only milestones to achieve! Everything you need to catch... Read More
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From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling How to Catch series comes an all-new story about life's greatest adventure: chasing your dreams!

This time, there are no traps to build or maps to follow, but only milestones to achieve! Everything you need to catch your biggest dream is already in you! A celebration of resilience, bravery, persistence, and true belief in yourself, How to Catch a Dream is perfect for fans of Oh, the Places You'll Go and Happy Dreamer, and a reminder that catching your dream is always within reach!

A great big world is out there waiting... It holds your biggest dream it's true.

Excitement, joy, and adventure are ready... Now catching the dream is up to YOU!

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781464226199

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 04 December 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: Sourcebooks Wonderland

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Andy Elkerton
  • Illustrated by Andy Elkerton

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 206.0mm

Height: 209.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 40

Collections

Alice Walstead Children's Books Children's Fiction Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Penguin Books Series: How to Catch

About the Author

Alice Walstead is a children's book author who loves to make kids smile with her stories.

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