Dreaming of Arizona

Dreaming of Arizona by Grant Collier and Stephanie Lowman is an educational book about Harlow the Hawk, who traveled in her dream. In her dream, she came across different animals, a Native American tribe called the Navajo, and a man named John Wesley Powell. John Wesley Powell lost his arm but was still an explorer and led the first voyage through the Grand Canyon. It is a fun way to learn about Arizona.

My favorite part of the book was to learn about all the different animals, especially the Arizonasaurus dinosaur, because I really like dinosaurs. I also really liked that they had a page of facts called “Did You Know?” Did you know that over seven million people are living in Arizona? I learned that from this book. I also learned about the Navajo tribe and how they lived. It was really interesting. My favorite thing about this book was how it was written. It sounds like a poem. The drawings are also pretty good!

I read this book many times and even read it to my mom. I would recommend this book to kids between five and nine years old.