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One & Everything

Sam Winston

Illustrator: Sam Winston

Ages: 9+

Published: 2022

Publisher: Candlewick Studio/Candlewick Press

ISBN: 978-1-5362-1566-3

Keywords: censorship, dominance, free speech, uniformity, diversity, lost languages

One story claims to be the only story after absorbing all others, until they demand to be heard too. Watercolor and typographic illustrations. Map. Back matter includes descriptions of the language systems used