Picture book · Ages 4–8
The Dreamkeeper and the Dream Potion
Verna the Dreamkeeper lives in a cottage at the edge of a whispering wood. When a tired mother and her twin boys arrive, worn out by bad dreams, Verna gathers stardust, a drop of moonbeam and petals from her dream flowers to make a very special potion.
- Author
- Cassandra Michelle Harris (listed on Amazon as C.M. Harris)
- Format
- Paperback, 32 pages, 8.5 × 8.5 in
- Ages
- 4 to 8
- ISBN
- 979-8164431945
- Published
- October 2026
The story behind the story
A bedtime ritual, thirty years in the making
On the nights bad dreams woke her young daughter, C.M. Harris reached for a little “dream potion,” dabbed it on her daughter's forehead, and told her a story about a Dreamkeeper who watched over sleeping children. Today the family shares the same story with her granddaughter.
The Dreamkeeper is named for her grandmother, Verna. The book is illustrated in a soft watercolor palette of twilight blues and warm gold, made for reading aloud at the end of the day.
“The potion was never really the potion. It was the love behind it.”
Look inside
A few of the illustrations from the book.
Pairs with
The Dreamkeeper's Magical Dreams
A bedtime coloring book of dreams, moons and magic: 40 moonlit designs for children and adults, from the world of The Dreamkeeper. Together the two books make a sweet bedtime gift for under $25.