SuitabookFor Everyone
Jason Reynolds
- Reading
- Read it in short sections or aloud, pausing over images and repeated ideas. Invite the child to respond to the poem’s view of effort without requiring them to disclose a personal dream.
- Themes
- Dreams without a timetable: The speaker addresses people whose dreams may take time and describes his own ambitions as partly unrealised. The book treats continuing to pursue a dream as courageous and meaningful, while acknowledging that success is not assured.
- Encouragement through shared uncertainty: The writer presents himself as still trying, rather than as someone who has solved the problem of achieving dreams. The book appears to value shared effort and honest uncertainty more than motivational certainty or a step-by-step method.
- Worth knowing
- The language may deserve attention: its free verse is conversational but also uses bold, descriptive and complex figurative language. Some readers may find its direct encouragement moving, while others may find its treatment relatively broad.