Matchbox Dreams

The Drapkin Kids in Dreamland is the first book in a planned series of books written by Douglas Schwartz. This series is being created to comfort children as they drift off to sleep peacefully with adventures in their minds so that they might have exciting dreams, rather than nightmares. 

It starts in early 1900 with a toymaker named Jack, a father of three young children: Constance, Titus, and Evie. He and his wife created three stuffed mice who received power from the Sandman. This power allowed the children to journey into a magical place called Dreamland when they slept. As long as the children slept with their animal friends by their bed, they could enter Dreamland as soon as they fell asleep. Therefore, they became extremely excited to climb into bed at night for their next adventure. Their adventures consisted of birthday parties, canoeing, sailing the ocean, and train rides, as well as treasure hunts, just to name a few.