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More Than Words: So Many Ways to Say What We Mean

Roz MacLean

Illustrator: Roz MacLean

Ages: 6+

Published: 2023

Publisher: Henry Holt/Macmillan

ISBN: 978-1-250-86450-5

Keywords: Braille, sign language, abilities, social-emotional

Glowing illustrations accompany limited text, celebrating myriad ways of communicating: words, gestures, art, music, collaboration, listening, acts of friendship, and more.