Howie Helps Himself [Hardcover]

Joan Fassler (Author), Joe Lasker (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up

Though he enjoys life with his family and attends school, Howie, a child with cerebral palsy, wants more than anything else to be able to move his wheelchair by himself.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company; 1 edition (January 1975)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0807534226
• ISBN-13: 978-0807534229
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 8.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #638,503 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Howie is for everyone, June 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Howie Helps Himself (Hardcover)

My 6 year old son has cerebral palsy and he and I both found Howie's story to be very inspiring. Howie is severly physically handicapped. The story is about Howie's frustrations and triumphs as he struggles to become more independent. My son is not in a wheel chair so he has begun to appreciate how fortunate he is to be able to do many things that Howie cannot. The book also helped him developed empathy for those less fortunate than him.

19 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My child with CP loves it, January 18, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Howie Helps Himself (Hardcover)

My daughter is 4 and is fascinated by this book. She wants to read it over and over. It is the only book I have found about a child in a wheelchair. I wish there were more about kids with disabilities.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars WORST BOOK ABOUT DISABILITIES EVER, November 27, 2004

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Amy Wietgrefe "Disappointed Special Ed. Teacher" (Minnesota, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Howie Helps Himself (Hardcover)

I am studying to be a special education teacher so I thought this book, from what I knew about it would be a great book to have in my classroom library... I got the book in the mail today and read it... I was very disappointed. The first half of the book focuses on what Howie CAN'T DO which puts a very negative connotation on disability for children who dont know about disability. Finally in the second half of the story we hear about Howie's dream to be able to push his wheelchair as fast as his friends can which after all the talk of what he cant do makes his accomplishment not seem like that big of a deal... which to a kid with a disability is a HUGE deal. The pictures are also very out of date... the wheelchair Howie is in, today would be motorized and there are other kids in the class who have leg braces which would not look like that anymore which for kids would be very misleading because it wont look like any kids they see with disabilities.