The Girl Who
Listened to Houses
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A poetic fable about silence, imagination, and the rooms we carry inside.
She doesn’t speak much. But she listens — to walls, to echoes, to things left unsaid.
When a thoughtful girl moves into a quiet house on a hill, she begins to sense that the silence isn’t empty — it’s alive with stories waiting to be heard.
The Girl Who Listened to Houses is a lyrical, introspective book for readers aged 9 to 109.
Told in poetic vignettes, it blends childhood wonder with quiet wisdom, guiding readers through rooms filled with memory, emotion, and quiet courage.
For Readers Aged 8 to 108 – Designed as a crossover book that gently speaks to children and adults alike. It lives somewhere between storybook and soulbook — for quiet hearts, sensitive minds, and deep feelers of any age.
Themes:
Emotional literacy & quiet courage
Grief, imagination, and inner life
Listening as a form of love, connection, and healing
Finding meaning in stillness and story
Childhood as a philosophical lens
Philosophy through story and metaphor
Themes & Audience
Educational Potential &
Classroom Use
This book offers rich opportunities for:
Literature and Language Arts: Poetic structure, metaphor, symbolism, voice
Philosophy and Ethics (P4C): Socratic questions, wonder-driven inquiry, existential reflection
Social-Emotional Learning (SEL): Naming feelings, navigating grief, self-reflection
Creative Writing Workshops: Narrative space for children’s own “rooms” and inner worlds
An Educational Guide & Philosophical Index is available at the end of the book with references to prominent philosophers.
The Little Prince, Anne of Green Gables, The Missing Piece, Hello? Is Anybody There?
For Fans Of
Introspective, whimsical yet grounded, this book is told in lyrical vignettes, blending poetic language with metaphorical spaces — rooms filled with memory, emotion, and quiet truth.
It doesn’t ask for loudness. Just presence.
Ideal for reading alone... or aloud, together.