{"product_id":"leila-and-the-voice-isbn-9780593620373","title":"Leila and the Voice","description":"\u003cb\u003eA modern fable about a young girl who embarks on a journey to overcome fear and meets a supernatural creature along the way, for readers of \u003ci\u003eWhat the Road Said \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWhere the Wild Things Are\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the angry cloud comes... Leila runs. The cloud grows and grows, and Leila walks deeper and deeper into its depths. Then she hears a voice. Underneath all the cloudiness is a spot of light. Leila works to dig the Voice out bit by bit, until she has a companion to walk with. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether drawing them a map for when they get lost or creating a net for when they fall, Leila's finally able to soar with the Voice into a world of technicolor light. But will it be enough for them to complete their voyage home? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeila and the Voice\u003c\/i\u003e is a picture book about the journeys we start, the fear we face, and the courage we grow into as we learn that we've had what we needed all along to face what scares us.\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eLeila and the Voice\u003c\/i\u003e by Shahrzad Maydani:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Society of Illustrators Original Art Show selection\u003cbr\u003eBlue Ribbon List (Best Book of 2025) —\u003ci\u003eThe Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books \u003c\/i\u003eBig Picture of the Month (June 2025)\u003cbr\u003eA 2025 \u003ci\u003eThe Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (BCCB)\u003c\/i\u003e Blue Ribbon Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e★ \u003c\/b\u003e“A brilliant and deeply compassionate offering … Maydani’s use of different mediums work in concert to lend an epic feeling to Leila’s journey. Scratchboard illustrations etch the menacing monsters with swirls and designs that cover their bodies, like great creatures of myth. … Children wrestling with big feelings will be delighted by Leila’s wondrous adventure.” \u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Via immersive artwork and emotive prose, Maydani explores what it takes to be resilient in the face of big emotions. … Bold scratchboard etchings, combined with chalk, pastel, and watercolor, throb with a vibrant coloring … resonates with emotional depth.” \u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“A story of finding inner courage in the face of fear … stunning.”\u003ci\u003e \u003cbr\u003e—Booklist\u003c\/i\u003eShahrzad Maydani is an award-winning illustrator of Iranian English descent. Her debut children’s book, \u003ci\u003ePoetree, \u003c\/i\u003ewritten by Shauna LaVoy Reynolds, received the Crystal Kite Award and was selected for the Spring 2019 Kids Indie Next List. Her following book, \u003ci\u003eBird Boy, \u003c\/i\u003ewritten by Matthew Burgess, was a Junior Library Guild selection; and \u003ci\u003eFrancis Discovers Possible\u003c\/i\u003e, written by Ashlee Latimer, was named one of the Best Children's Books of the Year by Banks Street College of Education.","brand":"Kokila","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233328279781,"sku":"NP9780593620373","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/leila-and-the-voice-isbn-9780593620373","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}