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The Other Way to Listen

by Byrd Baylor · 1978

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The Caldecott Honor author/illustrator team that brought readers The Desert Is Theirs and The Way to Start a Day returns with this tale of truly listening to the world around us. In The Other Way to Listen, a young boy is eager to learn and an old man is happy to share his wisdom. Full color.

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environmentenvironmentMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1970s1970sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrenspicture books
Length
short · 32 pages
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poetrypoetryMore like thisLess of this

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