Why Me, Mama?: A children's book about the disability experience - Couverture souple

Lockwood, Katherine

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798985563511

Editeur : Acorn Cottage Press, 2022

Synopsis

A TRIPLE Award Winning Picture Book Created by Teacher, Therapist, and Disabled Disability Advocate and Mama Katherine Lockwood

Silver Award Winner of the 2023 Nautilus Award
Winner of a Silver 2023 IPPY Award
Winner of a 2022 Moonbeam Award Bronze Medal

Join Rose the owl as she learns about kindness, friendship and self love in this beautiful children's book about the disability experience. Everyone has something, sometimes you can see it & sometimes you can't.

Rose the wee owl is planning her birthday celebration. Instead of feeling excited though, Rose is worried that her friends will not want to come, because she is different. As Rose and her mother deliver the invitations, Rose discovers that the other animals have something that makes them different, too. How will Rose's party turn out? Will her friends come to the party? Find out in this unique and heartwarming story of compassion and kindness.

Targeted for children ages 3-11, this is the first of a series of books featuring woodland characters with differences that are each inspired by real children with disabilities - this series kids are sure to cherish as they grow, and learn from through empowering, motivating and fun-to-read stories.

Various physical disabilities are individually highlighted in this book including facial paralysis/weakness, inability to abduct the eyes (Duane syndrome), club feet, cleft palate, mild, moderate & severe hypotonia, limb differences, strabismus, Autism, Pierre Robin sequence, Poland syndrome, developmental delay, speech, hearing, vision, feeding and respiratory difficulty. These individual differences can all be found in Moebius syndrome. Kids ages: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

In addition to having a disability myself, my background is as a disability rights advocate, special education teacher, and school counselor. Growing up with Cystic Fibrosis - I had a disability that you couldn't see. Now having a little one with a visible disability, I know how important representation is.I live on Cape Cod with my husband Arden and our girls Rose and Magnolia. When not working on this project or surviving a pandemic, you can find us swimming, boating, drinking champagne, renovating, and eating potluck dinners with friends

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Acorn Cottage Press
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798985563511
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Erokhina Evgeniya
• Nombre de pages: 47
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg