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A Boy and a Jaguar Alan Rabinowitz

A Boy and a Jaguar By Alan Rabinowitz

A Boy and a Jaguar by Alan Rabinowitz

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A Boy and a Jaguar Summary

A Boy and a Jaguar by Alan Rabinowitz

2015 Schneider Family Book Award Winner
* 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

Speaking for the animals he loves gives one boy's life hope, purpose, and truth in this gorgeous picture book autobiography.

Alan loves animals, but the great cat house at the Bronx Zoo makes him sad. Why are they all alone in empty cages? Are they being punished? More than anything, he wants to be their champion-their voice-but he stutters uncontrollably.

Except when he talks to animals...then he is fluent.

Follow the life of the man Time Magazine calls, the Indiana Jones of wildlife conservation as he searches for his voice and fulfills a promise to speak for animals, and people, who cannot speak for themselves. This real-life story with tender illustrations by Catia Chien explores truths not defined by the spoken word.

Publishers Weekly Best Book
Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Honor
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2015
Winner of the 2015 Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award
2015 Green Earth Book Honor book

A Boy and a Jaguar Reviews

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 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 -

About Alan Rabinowitz

Dr. 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. Catia 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.

Additional information

GOR009942778
9780547875071
054787507X
A Boy and a Jaguar by Alan Rabinowitz
Alan Rabinowitz
Used - Very Good
Hardback
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
20140506
32
Winner of Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award (United States). Winner of Publishers Weekly Best Book (United States).
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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