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Imagine Me on a Sit-Ski!

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it is not technical skill book. but if you have a think about adapted physical education, it would be interesting. it say that a boy with C.P. enjoy ski at first. only story, but it will move you.

For a picture book, Imagine Me on a Sit-Ski! has a good deal of text. In some ways it must, to effectively tell the story of cerebral palsy-affected Billy. There is much readers need to know about Billy. He can't speak with a normal voice, and uses a wordboard to communicate. He is a member of a special class at school, whose members have differing special needs. When his class embarks on a skiing trip for the physically challenged, it is an ordeal.

"Whenever I go someplace new, I worry if it will be wheelchair accessible, which means that people can get in and out of places in their wheelchairs and that there aren't too many stairs... There (are other) problems, such as narrow bathrooms."

Through explanations Billy helps the physically able to understand what life is like for him and his classmates. What is life like, then? Just about the same. It's true Billy has extra work to do to enjoy activities, but when he is fitted with special skiing equipment, he loves skiing as much as anyone.

Moran succeeds in making the skiing trip a palpable experience for the reader. I almost felt like I was in the ski lodge, exhausted but happy after a day on the slopes. How could this unassuming book, with its simple watercolor and ink drawings (people as realistic as a Peanuts strip), bring me to tears with its little story about a boy with cerebral palsy? I'm not sure, unless it's that it tells the truth.