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From: Sheila A Welch <sheilawelch>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:24:43 -0500
Hello,
Here are a few books that come to mind--
An older picture book that features a child in a wheelchair is Berniece Rabe's Balancing Girl. The story gives a sense of the child's determined character without making her seem different from her classmates. It's fun to read aloud, so it works well with a classroom of children.
A fairly recent picture book by Dawn Martelli is called Like Me. A young boy chooses to buy a puppy who limps, and at the end, readers learn that the boy wears a leg brace.
Years ago, I recall reading and being impressed by a novel called Picking Up the Pieces by Patricia Calvert. The main character is a teenaged girl who has been in an accident and has a spinal cord injury. Her situation seems to be realistically portrayed, and I think most teenaged readers would be drawn into the story.
Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman is a very popular book and is also for YA readers. Sean has CP and is not able to communicate although the book is told first person from his point of view. I read the book a while ago, and the one part that I recall questioning is the way Sean's seizures are described. It's certainly a book that can open up a lot of discussion since Sean's father is contemplating a mercy killing. There are 173 reader reviews of this novel on Amazon.
Sarah Weeks's So B. It is about a girl whose mother is mentally retarded and whose caregiver is a neighbor who has agoraphobia. Heidi finds some photos that send her on a trip to learn about her past. The story is told in 23 chapters, each one titled with one of Heidi's mother's 23 words
(all she's able to say). The book received starred reviews in a number of publications.
My own middle-grade novel, Don't Call Me Marda, concerns a family who plans to adopt eight-year-old Wendy, who is developmentally delayed. Told from eleven-year-old Marsha's point-of-view, it explores her reactions to going from being an only child to suddenly having a retarded sister. Since adoptions are not immediately finalized, Marsha finds herself having to be a part of the family's decision about whether to keep Wendy
"forever." Although published a while ago, it's still in print through the Authors Guild's Back-in-Print Program.
Received on Wed 11 Oct 2006 02:24:43 PM CDT
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:24:43 -0500
Hello,
Here are a few books that come to mind--
An older picture book that features a child in a wheelchair is Berniece Rabe's Balancing Girl. The story gives a sense of the child's determined character without making her seem different from her classmates. It's fun to read aloud, so it works well with a classroom of children.
A fairly recent picture book by Dawn Martelli is called Like Me. A young boy chooses to buy a puppy who limps, and at the end, readers learn that the boy wears a leg brace.
Years ago, I recall reading and being impressed by a novel called Picking Up the Pieces by Patricia Calvert. The main character is a teenaged girl who has been in an accident and has a spinal cord injury. Her situation seems to be realistically portrayed, and I think most teenaged readers would be drawn into the story.
Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman is a very popular book and is also for YA readers. Sean has CP and is not able to communicate although the book is told first person from his point of view. I read the book a while ago, and the one part that I recall questioning is the way Sean's seizures are described. It's certainly a book that can open up a lot of discussion since Sean's father is contemplating a mercy killing. There are 173 reader reviews of this novel on Amazon.
Sarah Weeks's So B. It is about a girl whose mother is mentally retarded and whose caregiver is a neighbor who has agoraphobia. Heidi finds some photos that send her on a trip to learn about her past. The story is told in 23 chapters, each one titled with one of Heidi's mother's 23 words
(all she's able to say). The book received starred reviews in a number of publications.
My own middle-grade novel, Don't Call Me Marda, concerns a family who plans to adopt eight-year-old Wendy, who is developmentally delayed. Told from eleven-year-old Marsha's point-of-view, it explores her reactions to going from being an only child to suddenly having a retarded sister. Since adoptions are not immediately finalized, Marsha finds herself having to be a part of the family's decision about whether to keep Wendy
"forever." Although published a while ago, it's still in print through the Authors Guild's Back-in-Print Program.
Received on Wed 11 Oct 2006 02:24:43 PM CDT
