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This Is How We Talk: A Celebration of Disability and Connection

by Jessica Slice Publisher: DIAL

Many ways to communicate, connect, and show love

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Hardcover New English

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Awards & Recognition

  • Editorial selection

    New York Public Library Best Book of the Year

    Named a Best Book of the Year by the New York Public Library.

AlbakiReads Editorial

Many ways to communicate, connect, and show love

Signing, writing, clapping, tapping, and other forms of communication are presented as ways people share jokes, ideas, play, and affection. The book centers disabled children and adults and the communication practices they and their families use to connect. Its back matter extends the conversation with a child-friendly guide to disability and communication, a glossary of disabilities represented in the book, and suggestions for grown-ups discussing these subjects with children. Together, the picture-book text and supporting material make communication both the central subject and a starting point for learning about disability and community.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 4–8 exploring different ways people communicate
  • Families seeking a picture book that opens discussion about disability
  • Adults looking for child-friendly discussion material on disability and communication

Themes

DisabilityCommunicationConnection and affectionCommunity and self-advocacy

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Book overview

From the creators of This Is How We Play is a new jubilant, inclusive, luminously illustrated picture book that celebrates all the ways we communicate with each other.

A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR


We sign, write, clap! We tap, stim, scream! So many ways to talk and joke, play and learn and dream. This joyful read-aloud, with an empowering refrain, from disability rights activists Jessica Slice and Caroline Cupp, demystifies and respects how disabled people and their families use different forms of communication to connect and show love.

Back matter consists of a kid-friendly guide to thinking, learning, and talking about disability and communication; a glossary of the different disabilities represented throughout the book; and a guide for grown-ups on ways to encourage discussions about disabilities with the children in their lives. Throughout, This Is How We Talk centers, affirms, and encourages the disabled children and adults who are already doing the challenging work of advocating for themselves and finding strength in community.
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