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A review by librarybonanza
I Talk Like a River by Jordan Scott
5.0
Age: Kindergarten-3rd grade
Honest, heart wrenching, and uplifting, a boy talks about life with a stutter from the feel of the words stuck on his lips to the embarrassment of being called on in class. But when his dad takes him somewhere quiet and full of the natural world, the boy connects with the sound and movement of the river.
With such few words, Scott presents tangible ways to describe what a stutter feels like: a pine tree’s roots tangling inside my mouth, a crow stuck in the back of my throat, a bubbling, churning, crashing river. The muted and blended watercolor artwork adds even more emotion to the story.
Addresses both the audience of someone looking into the life of a stutterer and a child that is living this life. An essential read for both audiences.
Honest, heart wrenching, and uplifting, a boy talks about life with a stutter from the feel of the words stuck on his lips to the embarrassment of being called on in class. But when his dad takes him somewhere quiet and full of the natural world, the boy connects with the sound and movement of the river.
With such few words, Scott presents tangible ways to describe what a stutter feels like: a pine tree’s roots tangling inside my mouth, a crow stuck in the back of my throat, a bubbling, churning, crashing river. The muted and blended watercolor artwork adds even more emotion to the story.
Addresses both the audience of someone looking into the life of a stutterer and a child that is living this life. An essential read for both audiences.