The Sound of a Smile
Louise Greig author David Litchfield illustrator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Hachette Children's Group
Publishing:4th Mar '27
£8.99
This title is due to be published on 4th March, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
A stunning illustrated children's book exploring deafness, friendship and the universal ways in which we all communicate.
One girl can't hear the noisy world around her. In her ears, those sounds are sleeping. But she has found sounds that are hiding . . .
Between the notes of a song.
Between the beats of a wing.
Between those sounds are my sounds.
And I listen.
What if someone in the noisy world listened to the beauty and magic of the silent things, too? Perhaps they might discover the sound of a smile - or even better, the sound of a friend.
Through this beautiful and heartwarming story, author and poet Louise Grieg has drawn from her own experience to portray a world where silence sings. Brought to life with stunning illustrations from David Litchfield (The Bear and the Piano), this is a book that encourages us all to put language barriers aside and come together in friendship.
Litchfield's heartwarming and expressive illustrations put extra power and emotion into Greig's lyrical and beautiful portrayal of a world where silence sings and where hidden sounds and small movements like a friend's wave or a shrug can speak as loudly as a voice * Lancashire Evening Post *
A girl who cannot hear the noisy world discovers intricate sounds hidden between a song's notes, a wing's beats and the quiet spaces other people miss. For 3+ year olds, this mesmerising and moving picture book explores deafness, friendship and communication through Louise Greig's lyrical text and David Litchfield's warm, expressive illustrations. Highly recommended. * School Reading List *
ISBN: 9781408365502
Dimensions: 272mm x 248mm x 6mm
Weight: 220g
32 pages