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Creative ideas to promote books from your library collection. Neftali is an eight yearold chilean boy at the start of the book. The dreamer video booktalk neftalis chilean father pressures him to join the railroadrepairing business, but all neftali wants to do is daydream and read books. Watch the booktalk for the pura belpre awardwinning book the dreamer by pam munoz ryan and peter sis. As neftali gets older, his father pressures him to become stronger.