Listen -- Holly M. McGhee, Hardcover

A Brain Pickings Favorite Children's Book of 2019
Experience the power of listening to your heart, paying attention, love, and empathy in Listen, a simple and tender picture book by Holly M. McGhee and Pascal Lemaitre, the creators of the New York Times bestseller Come With Me.

The buoyant verses and gentle art show you how to connect with the whole world. From exploring your sensorial surroundings--what you see, breathe, hear, taste, and feel--to becoming aware of our shared experiences.

Author: Holly M. McGhee
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Published: 09/03/2019
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.10h x 8.20w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781250318121
Audience: Ages 4-8

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2019
Publishers Weekly 08/19/2019
School Library Journal 09/01/2019 pg. 100

About the Author

Holly M. McGhee is the author of the middle-grade novel Matylda, Bright & Tender, an Amazon, Bank Street, and ABC Best Book of the Year, as well as the New York Times bestselling picture book, Come with Me, illustrated by Pascal Lemaitre. She divides her time between New York City, where she helps bring books she loves into the world as a literary agent, and Maplewood, New Jersey.

Pascal Lema?re is the illustrator of several books for children, including Do Not Open This Book! and New York Times bestseller Who's Got Game?, as well as the New York Times bestselling picture book, Come with Me, written by Holly M. McGhee. His wife is the dancer-choreographer Emmanuele Phuon. They live with their daughter, Maelle, in Brussels, Belgium where Pascal is a professor at the National School of Visual Arts of La Cambre.