Sunday, November 9, 2025

Ode to Grapefruit: How James Earle Jones Found his Voice by Kari Lavelle, illustrated by Brian Collier. - ADVISABLE

Ode to Grapefruit: How James Earle Jones Found his Voice by Kari Lavelle, illustrated by Brian Collier. NON-FICTION PICTURE BOOK. Knopf (Random House), 2024. $20. 9780593372760

BUYING ADVISORY: EL - ADVISABLE

APPEALS TO: SOME

Standing in front of the kids at school, the words never come to James. It isn’t until high school and with poetry that James is finally able to work through his stutter and start expressing himself to the world.

Lavelle takes time at the end to talk through what parts are exactly as presented and the few things she had to take some license with. Kids might not know him as the voice of Darth Vader, but his story will resonate with kids who have their own problems. I plan on sharing it with our speech therapist.

Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS



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