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4.55 AVERAGE
4.55 AVERAGE
A boy wakes up each day with words trapped in his mouth and throat and doesn't know how to get them out. During a particularly hard day, his dad picks him up from school and takes him to the river. They relax and have fun and eventually the dad talks to the boy about how his speech is like the river, bubbling and churning at times, and smooth at other times.
This is a unique approach to a book about stuttering and would jump start many conversations. The illustrations do a nice job of complementing the water / river theme.
This is a unique approach to a book about stuttering and would jump start many conversations. The illustrations do a nice job of complementing the water / river theme.
Gorgeous illustrations and heart-felt words combine to make an extraordinary book about speaking and owning your own voice. I highly recommend for EVERYONE, but especially for those families that include a person who stutters.
The audiobook!!!!! If you’re going to read this, I cannot recommend the audiobook version enough!!!
All three of my sons had speech issues; each one was different. One suffered with word retrieval, the other with delay, and the final with stuttering. It was so bad, in fact, that he postured. To say it broke my heart was an understatement. Thankfully, he received excellent early intervention, and was ultimately exited from speech in his later elementary school years, but it does rear its head when he is overly tired or anxious. All that to say that we haven’t had books that talk about issues like stuttering-until now. I’m so thankful kids can see themselves in books, and others can grow empathy if they have no personal connection. More of this, please and thank you.
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inspiring
Recommend. Great message, love the imagery used to make someone who stutters feel seen and understood. The coloring is soft and melancholic and the note at the end tugged at my heart. I'm glad this book exists for kids (and others) to read.
tw/cw: selective mutism/stuttering/stammering, mentioned slight bullying (laughing at him)
tw/cw: selective mutism/stuttering/stammering, mentioned slight bullying (laughing at him)
The author stutters and his father once said that Jordan "talks like a river" as it churns and bubbles. It gives kids who have speech issues the feeling that they are not alone and gives all of us the understanding of what it feels like to struggle with speech.
Wow, powerful story, shared with all kiddos at school. Love the illustrations and message. Everyone is struggling with something, be kind!