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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Alan Rabinowitz , Cátia ChienPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc Imprint: Clarion Books Weight: 0.445kg ISBN: 9780547875071ISBN 10: 054787507 Pages: 32 Publication Date: 06 May 2014 Recommended Age: From 4 to 7 years Audience: Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThis book made me cry tears of sympathy, and joy. You and I are this boy; You and I are this jaguar. --Sherman Alexie, National Book Award winner for The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian This true story of a promise kept is for everyone - no matter what age - to read and share. --Sy Montgomery, Sibert Medal Winner for Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot A beautiful book that will inspire stutterers to succeed and make a positive difference in the world. --Temple Grandin, author of Animals in Translation * In his first book for children, conservationist and adult author Rabinowitz frames his lifelong struggle with stuttering against his equally long-held love of animals...Iit's a candid and deeply resonant account of a hard-fought battle against societal stigma, and an embrace of one's true talent and calling. --Publisher's Weekly, starred review* Moving and sweetly resonant. -- Kirkus, starred review The emotional resonance of the text, urgency of the issues discussed, and breathtakingly breautiful illustrations make this book a winner...A testament to the fierce beauty of jaguars and the human spirit. -- School Library Journal Readers will feel privileged to be part of this magical experience. --Booklist Kids with speech issues, and those who bond with animals more easily than with fellow humans, will especially relate to Rabinowitz's emotionally honest narrative. --Bulletin This book made me cry tears of sympathy, and joy. You and I are this boy; You and I are this jaguar. --Sherman Alexie, National Book Award winner for The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian This true story of a promise kept is for everyone - no matter what age - to read and share. --Sy Montgomery, Sibert Medal Winner for Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot A beautiful book that will inspire stutterers to succeed and make a positive difference in the world. --Temple Grandin, author of Animals in Translation This book made me cry tears of sympathy, and joy. You and I are this boy; You and I are this jaguar. --Sherman Alexie, National Book Award winner for The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian This true story of a promise kept is for everyone - no matter what age - to read and share. --Sy Montgomery, Sibert Medal Winner for Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot A beautiful book that will inspire stutterers to succeed and make a positive difference in the world. --Temple Grandin, author of Animals in Translation * In his first book for children, conservationist and adult author Rabinowitz frames his lifelong struggle with stuttering against his equally long-held love of animals...Iit's a candid and deeply resonant account of a hard-fought battle against societal stigma, and an embrace of one's true talent and calling --Publisher's Weekly, starred review* Moving and sweetly resonant. -- Kirkus , starred review Author InformationDr. Alan Rabinowtiz has dedicated his life to two causes: protecting the world's thirty-six wild cat species and advocating for stutterers as a spokesperson for the Stuttering Foundation of America. His conservation work has been chronicled in the New York Times, Scientific American, Audobon, Outside, Jerusalem Report and National Geographic Explorer, among others. He tells audiences that he feels lucky to have been given the gift of stuttering and believes that without it, he would not be on the path of his passion--saving big cats. This is his first book with Houghton Mifflin. Vist www.panthera.org and www.stutteringhelp.org. Cátia Chien is a Brazilian Taiwanese painter, a public speaker, and the illustrator of celebrated picture books, including The Longest Letsgoboy, The Bear and the Moon, and A Boy and a Jaguar, recipient of the Schneider Family Book Award. Her art has been shown in galleries worldwide. She is also the founder of A Thousand Worlds, a curated picture book directory celebrating BIPOC creators. She lives with her family in Los Angeles. Visit her at catiachien.com. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |