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SUSIE WILL NOT SPEAK

Jahan’s best friend Susie speaks with a lisp. Kids at school laugh at her and the boys in the park call her Thoothie. Fed up, Susie decides she won’t speak at all. What is Jahan to do?

Illustrated by Lavanya Naidu

“The book is a delightful, incredibly relatable tale of overcoming odds, friendship and perseverance. … Without any blatant moralizing, Rao shows her audience the power of empathy – of treating others with equal dignity and respect, even if they may not look, speak or act the same way that you do.” – Biblio

“Everything about Shruthi Rao’s book is a triumph.” – Indian Moms Connect

“…will make children, as well as adults, look at the differently-abled people around them in a new light.” – LiveMint

“Shruthi Rao deftly opens up a conversation about an issue mostly ignored. Books like these are important if we are to raise mindful kids.” – Indian Express

Narrated with a generous dose of humour, it will have the reader smiling all the way to the end. While the book shows how mean adults and children can be to people who are ‘different’, it also shows how there are many sensitive people around. It illuminates how more often than not, children do have the power to overcome their own problems no matter how difficult it seems! – Booked for Life

“Facing fearsome challenges with formidable friends!”

The story is not only a beautiful journey of vulnerability, resilience and courage, it is also an ode to friendships.

“New words, new phrases, a refreshing resolution to a familiar conflict and voila we have a hooked reader!”

“If you are a parent of an early reader or for that matter a freshly minted middle reader, please get this book, read it with your child and discuss. Books like these are important if we are to raise mindful kids. And I promise you it is not one bit preachy, serious or boring.”

“A heart-warming tale about embracing our weaknesses, Susie Will Not Speak reminds us that our best friends are those who sometimes tell us what we least want to hear…. teaching empathy, self-acceptance and loyalty.”

 – Biblio

Interviews:

Shruthi Rao in conversation with Book Trotters Club

How this book came about – on the Duckbill blog