Bartleby Huddle is a sweet, happy child. He gurgles and coos, giggles and laughs, but he hasn’t said a single word—not baby, not peekaboo, not even MINE! The rest of the noisy Huddles— Mama, Papa, and big sister Isadora—outdo themselves trying to make Bartleby say . . . something! It’s only wise Grampy Huddle who understands that Bartleby will speak in his own good time. And when he does speak, they’d better listen!
Exuberant art perfectly captures the hilarious antics of this boisterous family as it learns a lesson from its youngest member and discovers the joys that can be experienced by the simple act of listening.
Publishers Weekly
Bartleby Huddle, a winsome three-year-old with jug-handle ears, is the joy of his opera-singing mother, his cello-playing father, his tap-dancing sister and their enthusiastic poodle. But he won't talk, no matter how much they clamor to show him how. It's not until Grampy Huddle visits on Bartleby's birthday that the boy's real soul mate is revealed (no coincidence that Grampy has jug-handle ears, too). Out on the porch swing “they listened to the lilacs swish in the breeze. They swung. They held hands... And they didn't say a word.” Hawkes's (The Road to Oz) clear, sunny watercolors lift the story to pleasing heights, like the balloons at Bartleby's birthday party. There, like an oracle, Bartleby speaks at last: “Listen!” is his first word—and his family does, hearing sounds they've never heard before. The story brightens considerably when Cruise (Only You) introduces Grampy. The dual themes—accepting children as they are, and understanding the meaning of silence—could easily compete for readers' attention. Fortunately, in this duo's hands, they appear as a satisfying whole. Ages 4–8. (Aug.)
Categories:
- Children's Books
- Growing Up & Facts of Life
- Family Life
- Multigenerational
- Fiction
- Multigenerational
- Family Life
- Growing Up & Facts of Life
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Author : Cruise, Robin
Language : English
Edition : Stated First Edition
Published :2009-08-04
Number Of Pages : 32
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0374305145
ISBN-13 : 9780374305147
Item weight : 0.95 lb
Dimensions : 0.5 in x 10.1 in x 10.2 in
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