I thought of another book. It's not a picture book, but it's a worthwhile title.
The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd is about a boy with Asperger's Syndrome.
Ted knows that his brain is "wired differently," but that does not stop him from
solving the mystery that has the "experts" baffled.
“Librarians. . . have been my lifelong friends, guides and heroes.” Joseph Bruchac
Basya Karp, Librarian
Shulamith High School and Shulamith School For Girls
Brooklyn, New York
basyak10@hotmail.com
> Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:48:18 -0700
> From: jenny@THEFORREST.ORG
> Subject: Dyslexia and other so-called disabilities
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>
> I love books that don't label kids and their abilities as
> inadequate/not-normal.
>
> I love Patricia Polacco's, "Thank you, Mr. Falker". Patricia Polacco was a
> late bloomer in reading.
>
> Some other titles that embrace so-called differences and illustrate the fact
> that we all have them (ha!):
>
> Angela's Wings by Eric Jon Nones
> I like Me by Nancy Carlson
> The Crayon Box that Talked by Shane DeRolf
> On the Day You Were Born by Debra Frasier
> Just Because I am: A Child's Book of Affirmation by Lauren Mursphy Payne
> Shapesville by Andy Mills and Becky Osborn
>
>
> Jenny Forrester
> Instructor, Village Home Education Resource Center
> jenniferDOTforrester@villagehomeDOTorg
>
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