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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 Greenaway Medalist Sydney Smith. A book

I Talk Like a River

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      Publisher Holiday House Inc
      Published 1 September 2020
      ISBN-13 9780823445592
      978-0823445592
      ISBN-10 0823445593

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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 Greenaway Medalist Sydney Smith. A book

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