Poppy has big dreams - lots of them! But following her dreams isn't as easy as it sounds. It's a good thing Poppy's friends and family - who love her no matter what - encourage her to keep believing in herself and making her dreams come true. Kristi Yamaguchui is an ice skating Olympic gold medalist and world champion who knows about dreaming big. The motto Always Dream serves as Kristi's personal inspiration as well as the name of her charitable foundation for children. This philosophy has contributed to Kristi's success on and off the ice, and one that she aspires to instill in the hearts of children.
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Kristi Yamaguchi was born in Hayward, California. As a child she took skating and ballet lessons as therapy for her club feet. She went on to earn the Olympic gold medal in ladies’ singles in 1992 as well as the 1991 and 1992 world championships. She was inducted into the US Olympic Hall of Fame in 2005. Yamaguchi is the author of Always Dream, Pure Gold, and Figure Skating for Dummies. In 2011, she published an award-winning children’s book, Dream Big, Little Pig, which was #2 on the New York Times bestseller list, and received the Gelett Burgess Children’s Book Award
Susie Berneis is a professional voice-over artist. She has a BA in English and theater from the University of Michigan and more than twenty years of community theater experience. Her audiobook narrations include The Secret of Raven Point by Jennifer Vanderbes, which won an AudioFile Earphones Award in 2014.