Ways to Build Dreams
Author: Renée Watson
Illustrator: Niña Mata
Book 4 in the Ryan Hart series
Pages: 208
Published: 2023
Age: 7+
Middle school is just around the corner for Ryan Hart, which means it's time to start thinking about the future—and not just how to prank her brother, Ray!
During Black History Month, Ryan learns more about her ancestors and local Black pioneers, and their hopes for the future, for her generation. She wonders who she wants to be and what kind of person her family hopes she becomes. Drawing on the ambitions of those who came before her and her own goals, Ryan is determined to turn her dreams into reality.
Grow and shine and share with Ryan Hart in this series that brings ever more humor, more love, and more fun.
About the Ryan Hart Series
Books in series order
- 1.Ways to Make Sunshine(2020)
- 2.Ways to Grow Love(2021)
- 3.Ways to Share Joy(2022)
- 4.Ways to Build Dreams(2023)
Reading age: 7+ years
This series should be read in order.
From Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Award winner Renée Watson comes a young middle grade series about Ryan Hart, a girl who is pure spirit, kindness, and sunshine.
Ryan is all about trying to see the best in people, to be a good daughter, a good sister, a good friend. But even if her life isn't everything she would wish for, when her big brother is infuriating, her parents don't quite understand, and the unexpected happens, she always finds a way forward, with grace and wit. And plenty of sunshine.
Acclaimed author Renée Watson writes her own version of Ramona Quimby, one starring a Black girl and her family, in this charming new series.