Dream a Dress, Dream a Poem: Dressmaker and Poet, Myra Viola Wilds (a Picture Book) -- Nancy Johnson James, Hardcover House & Home with renowned researcher Peter Levenda

with renowned researcher Peter Levenda

and even her own life

These ten stories

Robin Waterfield's definitive translation and rich annotations offer everything they need to understand one of the most powerful works of practical philosophy ever written

and how the power of love makes us all the "greatest" to somebody

Dream a Dress, Dream a Poem: Dressmaker and Poet, Myra Viola Wilds (a Picture Book) -- Nancy Johnson James, Hardcover House & Home with renowned researcher Peter LevendaA poetic picture book biography about blind Black poet Myra Viola Wilds, written by the author of Brown: The Many Shades of Love What dreams do you carry? Myra Viola Wilds dreamed of opportunity. She left her home in rural Kentucky for the city, learned to read and to write, and became a dressmaker. She hand stitched gorgeous gowns. She worked so hard she lost her eyesight, and her world went dark. But those well loved stitches turned into words, and