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5.0 out of 5 stars How Understanding Are You?, March 4, 2007
This review is from: Making Room for Uncle Joe (Library Binding)
The children in this story know ABOUT Uncle Joe, but they don't know him personally because he has been in a special home for the mentally retarded--a place they never visit, only their parents. Now, Uncle Joe is coming to live with them, maybe for quite a while.

A neighbor boy is sure that "all retarded people are funny looking and most of 'em drool; you'll have to wipe his chin all the time." Teenager Beth doesn't want this little-known uncle to be "creeping around" and causing her friends to make fun of HER, too.

And, it turns out, Uncle Joe does have to be cleaned up after, and be reminded to wear his glasses, comb his hair, put on matching socks, and take a shower.

Does the family and Uncle Joe become unhappy? Does Beth lose her friends? How does young Dan react when his school friends see him in public with Uncle Joe? Why does five-year-old Amy cry and hug her uncle? What decision is finally made about Uncle Joe? [Suitable for grades 2-4/5.]

The Creative Teacher: Activities for Language Arts (Grades 4 through 8 and Up)
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Making Room for Uncle Joe by Ada Bassett Litchfield (Library Binding - Mar. 1984)
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