At work, we're taught to lead the conversation. On social media, we shape our personal narratives. At parties, we talk over one another. So do our politicians. We're not listening. And no one is listening to us. Despite living in a world where technology allows constant digital communication and opportunities to connect, it seems no one is really listening or even knows how. And it's making us lonelier, more isolated, and less tolerant than ever before....

Nancy's failure to pay attention gets her into trouble when she bakes cupcakes for the school bake sale.

A lop-eared rabbit named Buddy finds himself in trouble with the Scruffy Varmint because he never listens.

When RJ learns to use such skills as listening and following instructions, he has the best day of his life.

Each time a girl visits a bear in a zoo, she listens to his tales of the vast and wondrous Land of the Bears, his home that he will never see again.

"Wordy Birdy loves to talk, but will she ever learn to listen?"--

Edward Tulane, a cold-hearted and proud toy rabbit, loves only himself until he is separated from the little girl who adores him and travels across the country, acquiring new owners and listening to their hopes, dreams, and histories.

After a day of picking cotton in late 1860, Ella May, a young slave, joins her friends Bobby and Sue at their second job of listening outside the windows of their master's house for useful information.