Book

Listening

A true story for children of every age

May 23, 2026

Cover of 'Listening.' A small child in pajamas sits cross-legged on a grassy hilltop at dusk, head tilted toward a starlit sky, surrounded by a softly glowing field of fireflies and a luminous river winding into the distance. Title typography overlaid reads 'LISTENING—a true story about the gap between us and the world—and the children who will close it. JED ANDERSON. A CANONICAL ESSAY FOR CHILDREN OF EVERY AGE.'

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About this edition

The verse is mine. The illustrations were generated with AI image tools. Both are offered together as a single artifact — a children’s adaptation of the essay Bits Protect Its.

This is Book Two in a children’s series that began with We Are Why It Might. The first book was about waking up. This one is about listening. A future book, if there is one, will be about reaching.

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Markdown source: https://jedanderson.org/books/listening.md

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BibTeX

@misc{anderson_2026_listening,
  author = {Jed Anderson},
  title  = {Listening},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://jedanderson.org/books/listening},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-06-17}
}

APA

Anderson, J. (2026). Listening. Retrieved from https://jedanderson.org/books/listening

MLA

Anderson, Jed. "Listening." Jed Anderson, May 23, 2026, https://jedanderson.org/books/listening.