Ode to Grapefruit

How James Earl Jones Found His Voice

Kari Lavelle, Bryan Collier (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

48 Seiten

2024
Knopf Books for Young Readers (Verlag)
978-0-593-37277-7 (ISBN)

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Before legendary actor James Earl Jones was recognized for his memorable, smooth voice, he was just James--a stutterer who stopped speaking for eight years as a child...and ultimately found his voice through poetry.

Before there was Mufasa...Before there was Darth Vader... There was a young boy names James Earl Jones, who spoke with a stutter and dreaded having to talk in class.

Whenever James tried to voice his thoughts, his words got stuck in his throat. But James figured out a solution for his shame: if he didn't speak, he wouldn't stutter.

And so he was silent...until he wrote his own poem, Ode to Grapefruit, and found a love for poetry.

Lyrical text, stunning art, and compelling backmatter about stuttering pair together for a remarkable picture book about how a boy who refused to speak for eight years learned to manage his stutter through poetry--and grew up to become an EGOT-winning performer with a voice few could forget.

Erscheinungsdatum	18.07.2024
Zusatzinfo	FULL-COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	249 x 287 mm
Gewicht	481 g
Themenwelt	Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Kunst / Musik
ISBN-10	0-593-37277-8 / 0593372778
ISBN-13	978-0-593-37277-7 / 9780593372777
Zustand	Neuware