You Should Read: The Whisper by Pamela Zagarenski

Tis the season to buy gifts, so I bought my very talented granddaughter, Calliope, a book called The Whisper by Pamela Zagarenski. Her teacher says that she’s the best writer in her class (her father, also a writer, and I are very proud), and this book as it was described sounded like a great book for a girl with an imagination. It came today, and I sat down to whizz through it as I got the Christmas stuff together.

Then I slowed down and read it again.

It’s about a little girl who borrows a book from her teacher, but on her way home from school, the words escape (been there) so when she gets home, there are only pictures and she has to imagine . . .

The pictures are glorious, but it’s the gentleness and freedom and good heart behind the story and the artwork that moved me so much. If you have a child to buy for, or if you’re a writer, or if you’re a childish writer, you really need to find this book.

Zagarenski also sells her artwork as card and glicee prints . Cards like this:

And this:

Just lovely.

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