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Notes From Your Bookseller
Notes From Your Bookseller

From debut author-illustrator Gracey Zhang comes a timeless story that celebrates the power of kind words. Zhang’s gorgeous illustrations use select colors that emphasize the evergreen moral of the story, while whimsically highlighting the world in which Lala has created. Lala’s Words is full of compassion and creativity and easily sits alongside the classics.

Winner of the 2022 Ezra Jack Keats Illustrator Award!

From debut author-illustrator Gracey Zhang comes a timeless and timely picture book that celebrates the unassuming power of kind words.

Oh, there goes Lala! She carries a pot of water around the corner, down the block, and over the fence, to a patch of dirt and concrete where tiny weeds sprout. "Hello, hello, friends!" she whispers. Lala waters the plants every day, but it is her kind words that make them sway and nod.

Lala's wild nature an...

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