When I wake up every morning, the voices of many words surround me, but I can't utter them... What do you do when you want to speak, but the words get stuck in the back of your throat?
Poet Jordan. Based on his own experience, Scott depicts the mental journey of a stuttering boy in a moving way, with Greenway Award-winning chairman Ni. Smith's majestic images work together to make this powerful and inspiring work. This book is especially dedicated to those who are lost, lonely and alienated
About the author
Jordan Scott Canadian poet, who explores the "poetics of stuttering" through his works, and has become the theme of the National Film and Television Agency of Canada. Scott was honored with the 2018 Ratner Writers Trust Poetry Award for his contributions to Canadian poetry. "I Speak Like a River" is his first book for children.
每天早晨醒來時，許多字的聲音都圍繞在我四周，我卻沒有辦法把它們說出來⋯⋯
當你想開口說話，字句卻卡在喉嚨深處，怎麼辦？
詩人喬丹．史考特根據自身的經驗，以動人的書寫方式，描繪了一個口吃男孩的心路歷程，搭配格林威大獎得主席尼．史密斯波瀾壯闊的圖，共同成就了這本力道十足並且振奮人心的作品。這本書特別要獻給那些失喪、孤單和格格不入的人。
作者簡介
喬丹．史考特(Jordan Scott)
加拿大詩人，藉由作品探索「口吃詩學」，並且成為加拿大國家影視局的企畫主題。史考特因為對加拿大詩歌創作的貢獻，在2018年獲得「拉特納作家信託詩歌獎」的殊榮。《我說話像河流》是他為孩子們創作的第一本書。史考特目前和妻子與兩個兒子定居在溫哥華島的科莫克斯山谷。