Grade: 1-3
The story follows a young boy who is struggling to learn to read and feels frustrated by the words on the page. His teacher encourages him to take a "walk in the words," helping him discover that words are not just symbols on a page, but powerful, dynamic elements that can transport him to new worlds and offer him freedom of expression.

A kid who prefers to draw because he is a slower reader and got overwhelmed as the books got more and more words. And felt embarrassed or bad for being a slow reader. Describing it like he was lost at sea or in the woods until he learned to break the words down and be able to read at his own speed. Becoming more confident even if he didn't know all the words and might have had to skip some words.

This book would be great for any elementary students. This book is about a boy who is a slow reader and has dyslexia. It is a book that goes through him learning how to read at his pace and that reading slow is okay. I would use this book in my classroom to help students understand that reading speed doesn't matter as much in the long run and everyone learns differently.

This book would be good for mid level elementary. It is about a boy who loves to draw but struggles when it comes to reading. He doesn't let the difficulties stop him, instead, he works through learning to read by taking it one step at a time. I would use this book to teach kids about productive struggle and how they can use the skills they already have to learn new ones. ( )

Terrific! "Slow readers savor the story." I particularly liked the spread of the drawings of the horses that show improvement with practice, and the exploration that reading and writing are improvable skills, too. The author's note mentions dyslexia, but I think that anything that challenges a new reader can be addressed with this beautiful and fun book. ( )