A Walk in the Words by Hudson Talbott - 🟌 🟌 🟌 🟌 🟌

 The boy in the book who loves to draw is also the slowest reader in the class, he must “picture every single world”. The boy struggles with reading and the author leads us on an adventure of how he overcomes this fear. The anxiety that any child feels about not being able to keep up in school is stressful, whether its math, spelling, gym class, or reading. Once he can face his fear of words the boy figures out a solution, take the words one at a time and break them down.  Overtime the words become less scary and the boy becomes more comfortable with them. He wasn’t thinking about reading but instead he wants to know what was happening in the story. The illustration in the book matches the story perfectly and the walk in the words, otherwise known as the forest, is clever and imaginative.

Every 1^st-4^th grade classroom should have this book on hand to help those students who do struggle with reading. My 9-year-old grandson liked this book and told me we should get if for his cousin that muddles through his reading assignments. The book is a great example of how to conquer fears with a realistic approach. It opens the discussion about what to do when a child is not reading at his/her grade level. “A Walk in the Words” does not need to be in every home but for some families it would be a sound investment.

Fun Activity: Online find a cross-word or word search puzzle to do with your child.

Published In:  2021

Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books
Age Level:  4-8 years old
AR Level: 2.9
Pages: 32
Stars: 5