Cruise, Robin Bartleby Speaks illustrated by Kevin Hawkes, 32 pgs. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009. PICTURE BOOK. $16.99. There is only one thing wrong with the sweet and curious Bartleby....he doesn't speak! He is nearing his third birthday, but he still hasn't uttered one word. His musically talented family is worried about him, and they try all kinds of things to get him to speak. His mom belts out singing in her opera voice; his father plays his cello, and his sister tap dances for him. What are they to do when none of these things work? Come to find out, Grampy Huddle knows the magic secret....a secret we can all learn something from. This was a sweet book that really touched home for me. EL-OPTIONAL. Whitney, Library-Teacher.
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