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<b><b>Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award</b><br> <br><b>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?</b><br> <br><b>Sometimes it takes a change of perspective to get the words flowing.</b><br><br><b>A<i> New York Times</i> Best Children’s Book of the Year</b></b><br><br><i>I wake up each morning with the sounds of words all around me. </i><br><br><i>And I can’t say them all . . . </i><br><br>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. <br><br>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 for any child who feels lost, lonely, or unable to fit in.<br><br><br><b>An American Library Association Notable Children’s Book</b><br><b>Named a Best Book of the Year by <i>The </i><b><i>Wall Street Journal</i></b><b>, </b><i>People </i>Magazine, NPR, </b><b><i>Kirkus Reviews</i></b><b>, </b><b><i>Shelf Awareness</i></b><b>,</b><b><i> Bookpage, School Library Journal</i></b><b>, </b><b><i>Publishers Weekly</i></b><b>, Publishers Lunch, and more!</b><br><b>A </b><b><i>Horn Book </i></b><b>Fanfare Best Book of the Year</b><br><b>A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection</b><br><b>A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year</b><br><b>A CBC Best Picture Book of the Year<br></b>