Percy's Dream Percy is the biggest, greenest leaf on his tree. But it wasn't always that way. Percy used to be a small bud. Day by day, he grew into the beautiful leaf he is today. But just because he's big doesn't mean he has everything he wants. His view is blocked by the leaves higher up on the tree, and he is unable to see the sky he so longs to see. Kenneth M. Terry was inspired to write this colorful, inspiring children's book while watching a leaf being blown by the wind against the sky on a crisp fall day. Percy will never give up on his dreams, and young readers of Percy's Dream will learn to not give up on theirs.