I Talk Like a River
A powerful, emotional picture book about a childhood stammer. As seen on Cbeebies Bedtime Stories, read by Ed Sheeran. Illustrated by the winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award and the Kate Greenaway Medal, for ages 4, 5, 6, 7
$17.01
- Paperback
40 pages
- Release Date
16 December 2021
Summary
As seen on Cbeebies Bedtime Stories, read by Ed Sheeran Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winner A New York Times Best Children’s Book of the Year
“I wish I Talk Like a River existed when I was a kid. It refines perceptions about stammering and germinates dignity.” David Mitchell, the bestselling author of Cloud Atlas
“Sydney Smith’s glorious illustrations infuse the pages with glimmering, broken light.” Guardian
<…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529502817 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1529502810 |
| Author: | Jordan Scott, Sydney Smith |
| Publisher: | Walker Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Walker Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 16 December 2021 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 6mm x 226mm x 250mm |
| Audience Age: | 3-7 |
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Critics Review
Featured in The Bookseller’s January previews. * The Bookseller *
A deeply poignant book, personally written and highly emotive […] An emotionally difficult journey beautifully expressed. * The Green Parent *
Jordan Scott
Jordan Scott is a poet whose work includes Silt, Blert, Decomp and Night & Ox. Blert, which explores the poetics of stuttering, is the subject of a National Film Board of Canada project: Flub and Utter: a Poetic Memoir of the Mouth. Scott was the recipient of the Latner Writers’ Trust Poetry Prize for his contributions to Canadian poetry. I Talk Like a River is his first book for children. He has since written My Baba’s Garden, also illustrated by Sydney Smith. Jordan Scott lives on Vancouver Island, Canada, with his wife and two sons.
Sydney Smith has illustrated multiple children’s books, including Small in the City and Town Is by the Sea, both winners of the Kate Greenaway Medal, Do You Remember?, The White Cat and the Monk, written by Jo Ellen Bogart, the acclaimed Footpath Flowers, which was a New York Times Children’s Book of the Year and a winner of the Governor General Award for Illustration, and I Talk Like a River and My Baba’s Garden, both written by Jordan Scott. Born in Nova Scotia in Canada, Sydney now lives in Toronto with his wife and son.
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