Despite his excitement over walking with a new walker, three-year-old Patrick finds it isn't easy and becomes discouraged until his new friend, six-year-old Emma Lou who has spina bifida, helps him discover something important about himself.
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PreSchool-Grade 3-- Three-year-old Patrick and six-year-old Emma Lou both have physical disabilities that keep them from walking normally. This simple story centers around Patrick's first steps with his brand new walker. He keeps bumping into things and down he goes--once tangled in a heap with Emma Lou. Sometimes he wonders why they can't be like other kids who walk easily, but then, as Emma Lou says, "Because you're just you, Patrick and I'm just me." The book presents likable children in real situations. Avoiding the stereotypical characterization of disabled children as brave or pitiful, it allows readers both to groan and to laugh with Patrick as his bottom keeps hitting the floor. Yoder's simple, black-white-and-red line drawings help build empathy with the characters and events of the story. This book should be useful both for physically disabled children who will, at last, have early childhood reading that shows real kids like themselves, and for able-bodied youngsters in mainstream situations. --Constance A. Mellon, Department of Library & Information Studies, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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For kids with spina bifida,
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This review is from: Patrick and Emma Lou (Turtle Books) (Paperback)
The book is very short and explains little about spina bifida, although it does address the use of braces and physical therapy. The book is about two kids who meet in PT, one is walking and the other is about to learn how to. It is fine for the preschool age child...they can see there are other kids out there who use braces and walkers to walk. The illustrations are pen and ink sketches. My daughter wasn't very interested in them since they weren't colorful. Books for kids, about kids with spina bifida, are hard to come by, so it is great to own a copy, although, in my opinion, the content isn't "outstanding". For the price, however, a good one to own.
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