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Neal Porter Books, 2020-01-09

I Talk Like a River

I Talk Like a River

Jordan Scott, Author

Sydney Smith, Illustrator

Hardcover

9780823445592

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When a child has a "bad speech day" at school, his father gives him a new perspective on his stuttering.
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A moving metaphor transforms a child’s stutter into something powerful and natural. With stunning visual and emotional depth, this story invites understanding, empathy, and a gentle reimagining of difference.

Keywords and Themes: Award Winner • Comfort • Disability • Empathy • Encouragement • Family • Hope • Identity • Imagination • Juvenile Fiction • Metaphor • Parents • Perspective • Poetic Devices • Poetry (see also Stories in Verse) • Self-Acceptance • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Themes

Readability • 2.8

Age Range • 4-8

Pages • 40

Subjects • Schools • Fathers and sons • Picture books • Stuttering

Categories • Juvenile Fiction | Disability • Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Juvenile Fiction | Family | Parents • Juvenile Fiction | Poetry (see also Stories in Verse)

Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award
Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winner

What if words got stuck in the back of your mouth whenever you tried to speak? What if they never came out the way you wanted them to?

Sometimes it takes a change of perspective to get the words flowing.

A New York Times Best Children's Book of the Year

I wake up each morning with the sounds of words all around me.

And I can't say them all . . .

When a boy who stutters feels isolated, alone, and incapable of communicating in the way he'd like, it takes a kindly father and a walk by the river to help him find his voice. Compassionate parents everywhere will instantly recognize a father's ability to reconnect a child with the world around him.

Poet Jordan Scott writes movingly in this powerful and ultimately uplifting book, based on his own experience, and masterfully illustrated by Sydney Smith, winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international distinction given to author and illustrators of children's books. A book for any child who feels lost, lonely, or unable to fit in.

Finalist for the BC and Yukon Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize
A Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book
An American Library Association Notable Children's Book
ILA Primary Fiction Honoree
Named a Best Book of the Year by The Wall Street Journal, People Magazine, NPR, Kirkus Reviews, Shelf Awareness, Bookpage, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Publishers Lunch, and more!
A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book of the Year
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
A Bank Street Best Childrens Book of the Year!
A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year
A CBC Best Picture Book of the Year
A Kids' Book Choice Award Finalist

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