Willow’s Whispers
Lana Button, , illus. by Tania Howells . Kids Can, $16.95 (32pp) ISBN 978-1-55453-280-3
Willow speaks so softly that everyone either ignores her (the class mean girl), patronizes her (her teacher), or thinks she’s aloof (“She must like sitting alone,” says a schoolmate who can’t hear Willow accept his invitation to join him at the lunch table). But with a nudge from an understanding father (“Your big, strong voice got stuck way inside you.... But one day your voice will wiggle its way out”), Willow creates a “magic microphone” from a cardboard tube and gains the confidence to speak up.
Reviewed on: 01/25/2010
Genre: Children's
Paperback - 32 pages - 978-1-55453-744-0