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From: Kathy Johnson <kmquimby>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:21:59 -0400
I'm going to chime in with an oldie, although it probably no longer resonates, thanks to vaccines.
"The Littlest Ballerina" was about a girl whose legs were weakened by polio. Ballet lessons were what made them strong enough, but really, when I read it as a child, it was more about becoming a dancer than about overcoming an illness. I didn't understand the polio aspect of it until I reread it as a nostalgic college student. I doubt it would work with kids in the developed world today, because polio is no longer a major childhood disease.
Kathy Quimby Cambridge, VT
Received on Wed 11 Oct 2006 04:21:59 PM CDT
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:21:59 -0400
I'm going to chime in with an oldie, although it probably no longer resonates, thanks to vaccines.
"The Littlest Ballerina" was about a girl whose legs were weakened by polio. Ballet lessons were what made them strong enough, but really, when I read it as a child, it was more about becoming a dancer than about overcoming an illness. I didn't understand the polio aspect of it until I reread it as a nostalgic college student. I doubt it would work with kids in the developed world today, because polio is no longer a major childhood disease.
Kathy Quimby Cambridge, VT
Received on Wed 11 Oct 2006 04:21:59 PM CDT
