Ode to Grapefruit: How James Earl Jones Found His Voice by Lavelle, Kari
Ode to Grapefruit: How James Earl Jones Found His Voice by Lavelle, Kari

Ode to Grapefruit: How James Earl Jones Found His Voice

Before legendary actor James Earl Jones was recognized for his memorable, smooth voice, he was just James--a...
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Author: Kari Lavelle
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Ode to Grapefruit: How James Earl Jones Found His Voice by Lavelle, Kari

Ode to Grapefruit: How James Earl Jones Found His Voice

$70.06
Ode to Grapefruit: How James Earl Jones Found His Voice by Lavelle, Kari

Ode to Grapefruit: How James Earl Jones Found His Voice

$70.06
Author: Kari Lavelle
Format: Library Binding
Language: English
Description
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.

Author: Kari Lavelle
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Published: 07/30/2024
Pages: 48
Binding Type: Library Binding
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 11.00h x 9.60w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780593372777
Audience: Ages 4-8


Review Citation(s):
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2024 pg. 101

About the Author
Kari Lavelle is the author of We Move the World, illustrated by Nabi H. Ali, as well as the Butt or Face? series. She has always had a love of words: as a kid reading books, as a speech pathologist helping children communicate, and now as a writer creating stories. She lives in Austin, Texas with her human family and their dog, Dobby.

Bryan Collier has illustrated more than thirty-five picture books, including the award-winning Trombone Shorty, Dave the Potter, and Knock Knock: My Father's Dream for Me, as well as City Shapes and Fifty Cents and a Dream, and has received four Caldecott Honors and six Coretta Scott King Awards. He recently illustrated Thurgood, which received four starred reviews and was a Washington Post and Bank Street Best Book of the Year. Bryan lives with his wife and children in Marlboro, New York.
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