I talk like a river /
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TextPublication details: London : Walker Books and Subsidiaries, 2021Description: 40 unnumbered pages (some folded) : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 26 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781406397222 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Stuttering -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction | Books for very young children, children's picture books & activity books | Picture storybooks | Interest age: from c 4 years | Children's / Teenage fiction: General fiction | Children's / Teenage personal & social issues: Emotions | Children's / Teenage personal & social issues: Disability & special needsGenre/Form: Children's stories -- Pictorial works. | Picture Books.DDC classification: 813.6 Summary: What if words got stuck in the back of your mouth whenever you tried to speak?After a day of being unable to speak when asked, and of being stared at, a boy and his father go to the river for some quiet time. "It's just a bad speech day," says Dad. But the boy can't stop thinking about all the eyes watching his lips twisting and twirling. When his father points to the river bubbling, churning, whirling and crashing, the boy finds a way to think about how he speaks. Even the river stutters. Like him. "I talk like a river," he says.An incredibly moving picture book that offers understanding rather than a solution, and which will resonate with all readers, young and old. Masterfully illustrated by Sydney Smith, winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal.
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Main Library Picture Books (E) | E .S427 2021 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 25177 |
Originally published: New York: Neal Porter Books, 2020.
What if words got stuck in the back of your mouth whenever you tried to speak?After a day of being unable to speak when asked, and of being stared at, a boy and his father go to the river for some quiet time. "It's just a bad speech day," says Dad. But the boy can't stop thinking about all the eyes watching his lips twisting and twirling. When his father points to the river bubbling, churning, whirling and crashing, the boy finds a way to think about how he speaks. Even the river stutters. Like him. "I talk like a river," he says.An incredibly moving picture book that offers understanding rather than a solution, and which will resonate with all readers, young and old. Masterfully illustrated by Sydney Smith, winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal.