My Brother Charlie
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| Author | Janay Brown-Wood |
| ISBN | 1580897126 |
This sweet, rhyming counting book introduces young readers to numbers one through fifteen as Grandma's family and friends fill her tiny house on Brown Street. Neighbors, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and grandkids crowd into the house and pile it high with treats for a family feast.
But...
| Author | Barbara Bottner |
| ISBN | 0375846824 |
With the help of Miss Brooks, Missy's classmates all find books they love in the library--books about fairies and dogs and trains and cowboys. But Missy dismisses them all--"Too flowery, too furry, too clickety, too yippity."
Still, Miss Brooks remains undaunted. Book Week is here and Missy...
It was a day when Max didn't feel like talking to anyone. He just sat on his front steps and watched the clouds gather in the sky. A strong breeze shook the tree in front of his house, and Max saw two heavy twigs fall to the ground.
So begins this story of a young boy's introduction to the joys of making...
| Author | Jeff Newman |
| ISBN | 1416950125 |
This wordless picture book tells the story of a quiet boy working to overcome his shyness and finding the courage to play baseball with the other kids in the park... With the help of a few old timers from the nearby park bench, our boy is coaxed out of his shell and into the game. Beautifully illustrated,...
| Author | Patricia C. McKissack |
| ISBN | 0375843841 |
A 2012 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
"Forceful and iconic," raved Publishers Weekly in a starred review. This gorgeous picture book by Newbery Honor winner Patricia C. McKissack and two-time Caldecott Medal-winning husband-and-wife team Leo and Diane Dillon is sure to become a treasured...
| Author | Myron Uhlberg |
| ISBN | 1561453293 |
"It was Opening Day, 1947. And every kid in Brooklyn knew this was our year. The Dodgers were going to go all the way!"
It is the summer of 1947 and a highly charged baseball season is underway in New York. Jackie Robinson is the new first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers--and the first black player in...
| Author | Jane Yolen |
| ISBN | 0762420480 |
The same story that captivated readers in 1977 is back in a stunning new edition! Hwei Min, the only daughter of the emperor of China, has been blind since birth. Her father offers a reward to anyone who can find a cure for the little girl. It seems that no one from magicians to physicians can help her. Then,...
| Author | Chris Raschka |
| ISBN | 0689846010 |
Picture a sky
as big as all outdoors,
a fence disappearing over a hill,
a crow then appearing,
a boy looking up,
watching, wondering.
Not much more than a moment
but the meeting
lofts a rush of childhood questions—
27 in all—inspiring answers
as big as...
| Author | Kate Klise |
| ISBN | 0803734042 |
Ella Kate Ewing was born in 1872. She started out small, but she just kept on growing. Soon she was too tall for her desk at school, too tall for her bed at home, too tall to fit anywhere. Ella Kate was a real-life giant, but she refused to hide herself away. Instead, she used her unusual height to achieve her...
| Author | Ginnie Lo |
| ISBN | 1600604420 |
This is a lovely picture book story with really appealing pictures.
It’s a great story for readers looking for intergenerational family stories, cross-cultural and immigration stories, stories of family traditions, and also to learn a bit about soybeans.
Though it’s a “based...
| Author | James Rumford |
| ISBN | 0547243073 |
It is the first day of school in Chad, Africa. Children are filling the road.
"Will they give us a notebook?" Thomas asks.
"Will they give us a pencil?"
"Will I learn to read?"
But when he and the other children arrive at the schoolyard, they find no classroom, no desks. Just a...
| Author | Gerald McDermott |
| ISBN | 0152165967 |
Monkey is hungry for the delicious mangoes on the island in the river, but he can't swim! How will he get there? Crocodile offers to carry Monkey across the water on his back, so Monkey hops aboard. Trouble is, Crocodile is hungry, too—for Monkey! Will clever Monkey come up with a way to get the mangoes...
We'll Paint the Octopus Red
| Author | Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen |
| ISBN | 1890627062 |
Emma is not too thrilled that she will soon be getting a little brother/sister; she has been an only child for almost six years and likes it that way. But when her father describes how much fun being a big sister will be, Emma slowly warms to the idea and thinks of all kinds of fun activities she might share...
| Author | Jacqueline Woodson |
| ISBN | 0399239871 |
Gia is tired of hearing about the new baby. It hasn't even been born yet, but everyone, even her friends, seem fixated on it. Gia thinks things are fine just the way they are! And she's worried: if the baby's such a big deal now, what's going to happen to Gia's nice, cozy life with Mama once it's born? Beloved...
| Author | Peter H. Reynolds |
| ISBN | 1416996494 |
I didn't realize that this book was about understanding and relating to children with autism until I read the other reviews here and then read the author's info on the book jacket. We saw this as just an example of an introspective child who is apart from the other children because he was having a quiet moment...
A child who loses a beloved grandparent finds comfort in carrying on the activities they shared in this sweet, genuine look at a universal rite of passage.
Grandma is always on her knees in the dirt, with her gardening gloves on, talking to her roses and laughing with the birds-of-paradise....
| Author | Karen Lynn Williams |
| ISBN | 1590787129 |
Gregory and his father are spending a day at the beach. When Greg finds a stick and draws a lion in the sand, his father says, "Don't go in the water, and don't leave Sandy." The little boy follows his father's advice. But he still manages to travel down the beach quite a way before realizing he can no longer...
Ian's Walk: A Story about Autism
| Author | Laurie Lears |
| ISBN | 0807534803 |
This is a fictional picture book for children about autism, more specifically how the siblings of a child with autism feel and react to their sibling’s condition. There is even a psychologist’s note at the beginning of the book, regarding children who have siblings with disabilities.
The...
Understanding Sam and Asperger Syndrome
| Author | Clarabelle van Niekerk |
| ISBN | 0974721719 |
The National Parenting Center Seal of Approval Winner Holiday 2008
Shortlisted for Speech Pathology Australia's Book of the Year in the lower primary category
Answering the question Why is Sam different?, this heartwarming story tells of the challenges of living with Asperger...
| Author | Rebecca Elliott |
| ISBN | 0745962351 |
Amusing and often touching, this story encompasses the issue of disability in a charming celebration of sibling friendship to which all children can relate
My big sister Clemmie is my best friend. She can’t walk, talk, move around much, cook macaroni, pilot a plane, juggle or do...
The Pirate of Kindergarten
| Author | George Ella Lyon |
| ISBN | 1416950249 |
Doubles are good for lots of things—double scoops of ice cream, double features at the movies. But double vision is NOT a good kind of double. In fact, it can make kindergarten kind of hard. Ginny sees double chairs at reading circle and double words in her books. She knows that only half of what she sees...
How to Talk to an Autistic Kid
| Author | Daniel Stefanski |
| ISBN | 1575423650 |
Kids with autism have a hard time communicating, which can be frustrating for autistic kids and for their peers. In this intimate yet practical book, author Daniel Stefanski, a fourteen-year-old boy with autism, helps readers understand why autistic kids act the way they do and offers specific suggestions...
| Author | Isaac Millman |
| ISBN | 0374453667 |
Moses and his school friends are deaf, but like most children, they have a lot to say. They communicate in American Sigh Language, using visual signs and facial expressions. This is called signing. And even though they can't hear, they can enjoy many activities through their other senses. Today, Moses...
Aunt Flossie's Hats (and Crab Cakes Later)
| Author | Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard |
| ISBN | 0618120386 |
When Aunt Flossie’s Hats (and Crab Cakes Later) was first published in 1991, it met with an overwhelming response from readers and reviewers alike. Here was “a wonderful family story,” as The Horn Book Magazine said, “set matter-of-factly in an African-American environment.” Since then,...
