Fifth grader Josh Grant dreads the first day of school. As his older brother reminds him, he's a "learning disabled dummy!" In this fast-paced adventure story, Caroline Janover takes us into the heart and mind of a boy with dyslexia as he cleverly compensates for his learning difficulties and wins the admiration of his family and friends.
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Caroline Janover is a Learning Disabilities Specialist with over 35 years of diagnostic and remedial experience in public and private education. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College and received Master's Degrees from Boston University and Fairleigh Dickinson University. Caroline has dyslexia and lectures nationally about the importance of humor, hope and perseverance in teaching children with ADHD and dyslexia.
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A humorous story about a little boy turn hero.,
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This review is from: Josh: A Boy With Dyslexia (Paperback)
My 10 year old son was diagnosed with dylexia at the end of his 3rd grade year. I ran across Josh:A Boy with Dyslexia in our local library. My son Marcus and I read it together and discovered that Josh and he share alot of the same stories. Josh is just like any 10 year old boy except he has dyslexia. This book answers questions you might have about dyslexia in a humorous yet soft-hearted way. Read Josh's thoughts as he travels through his days. Everything a boy with dylexia must wonder about comes alive on the pages. He is a kind-hearted little boy who feels really content and happy in his home, neighborhood and school. He knows his way around and knows who he can trust. Then right in the middle of the school year, his family has to move to a new neighborhood. Panic!! Now Josh has new street signs to decode, new kids to break-in and a new teacher to "fool". There is, of course, a school bully who sets out to make Josh's life miserable. He calls him "retard" and teases Josh about being in the "special" class. But, when the situation arises and the bully needs help he is forced to turn to Josh. Josh becomes a hero to his brother,his father, the police and the bully. But, most of all he becomes a hero to himself. You will finish this book with a smile. This book is easy reading and is hard to put down.
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- Using Literature to Help Troubled Teenagers Cope with Societal Issues (The Greenwood Press Using Literature to Help Troubled Teenagers Series) by Pamela Sissi Carroll on page 66, and page 76
- Voices from the Margins: An Annotated Bibliography of Fiction on Disabilities and Differences for Young People by Marilyn Ward on page 54
- Life and Loss: A Guide to Help Grieving Children by Linda Goldman in Back Matter
- Teaching Kids With Learning Difficulties in the Regular Classroom: Strategies and Techniques Every Teacher Can Use to Challenge and Motivate Struggling Students by Susan Winebrenner on page 39
- Something's Not Right: One Family's Struggle with Learning Disabilities by Nancy Lelewer on page 172
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