patricia


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__**Author: Stephen Michael King**__ __**Publisher: Scholastic**__
 * Themes:**//Frustration with adults, Listening, Sharing Ideas, Family, Children, Finding Time, Talking to Adults, Ideas.//

**Stephen Michael King knows people, he really knows them. ** **What’s even more important is that he really knows how to tell their stories. ** **Patricia is a little girl with a huge imagination, her mind is so full of thoughts that she is bursting to have someone to share them with. ** **The problem is that no one seems to know how to listen to her properly, everyone seems to be too busy, or has trouble understanding or simply can’t hear her. ** **And what’s more… Grandpa is asleep and he’s the only one who seems to understand her. ** **Stephen Michael King’s hypnotic and familiar illustrations allow the reader to go deeper into the story, reading this alongside a child will be a rea ** **l gift, an experience that will help both remember that they need to find time to really listen and talk with one another. **


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