Late-Talking Children detective jo fournier D'Matz is going to tell

D'Matz is going to tell her all kinds of things that aren't true

Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery

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Late-Talking Children detective jo fournier D'Matz is going to tellThe painful and baffling mystery as to why some obviously bright children do not begin talking until long after the "normal" time is explored in this book through personal experiences and the findings of scientific research. The author's own experiences as the father of such a child led to the formation of a goup of more than fifty sets of parents of similar children. The anguish and frustration of these parents as they try to cope with children who