Read a Book with Me
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
Will you read a book with me?
Antonio wants someone to read with him, but nobody seems to have any time--not his mom, not their neighbor, and not any of his friends on the street. It's only when he looks in an unexpected place that he discovers the perfect reading partner, and a chance to make a new friend.
A celebration of the power of stories and communities, Read a Book with Me will remind audiences young and old that there's nothing to bring people together like the power of a good book.
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Originally published in Brazil and designated an Outstanding Book for Young People with Disabilities by the International Board on Books for Young People, Schimel's picture book features a brown-skinned boy who fruitlessly seeks a reading companion. Selecting his favorite volume one morning, Antonio intends to share the adventure with another person in his neighborhood. But when his mother, the baker, the woman at the fruit stand, the mailman, and the woman at the magazine stand each prove too busy, he feels dejected until a neighbor who has been sitting in a folding chair all along, a white-bearded Black man who is blind, invites Antonio to share a story with him: "No one seems to have any time for me either." Lopes's thin-limbed, dot-eyed characters, rendered in a subdued color palette, are complemented by finely detailed streetscapes. It's a reflection of how society can discount young and disabled members, and a reminder to readers to not do so. Ages 3 8.
