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Adderson, Caroline

Norman, Speak!

32 pp. | Groundwood | April, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-1-55498-322-3 $17.95 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-55498-323-0
(2) K-3 Illustrated by Qin Leng. A boy is puzzled when the dog his family adopts doesn't respond to even the simplest commands. It turns out that Norman is neither untrained nor stupid; he "speaks" Chinese! So off the family heads to Chinese-language school. There are lessons here--about patience and intercultural understanding--but they're very lightly worn; the casual line of the ink-and-color illustrations reinforces the story's warmth.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2014

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