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What the Road Said
Cleo Wade
Illustrator: Lucie de Moyencourt
Ages: 6+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Feiwel and Friends/Macmillan
ISBN: 978-1-250-2649-2
Keywords: emotions, feelings, fears, growing up, worries, conversation, SEL
A road is a supportive and wise guide, answering a child's many questions and concerns about life. Free verse, ink and digitally colored illustrations.