The poignant story of a young girl with learnig problem, including ADD and dyslexia. She finds daily life an emotional and psychological struggle. Until one day, a very special teacher enters her life...
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Gr 5-8-A touching story about an Israeli girl who has a learning disability. Readers are introduced to Kinneret Pfeiffer when she is nine years old. Her parents are well intentioned, but are also disappointed with her academic performance. For Kinneret, school means fear, frustration, humiliation, and anger. She has trouble understanding language and can't concentrate. Some of her teachers have become impatient; they accuse her of laziness and irresponsibility. In her anguish, Kinneret fantasizes about a big white bird that carries her away when the stress become unbearable. Nightmares interrupt her sleep. In fifth grade, she is assigned to the resource room for extra help, where the newly appointed special-education teacher values Kinneret and helps her to gain self-esteem. Slowly, the girl does better. Some of her teachers are persuaded to try new ways of helping her learn, and eventually she finds the safe place she has been seeking, but readers are made aware that a long, perhaps difficult road lies ahead. Characterization is realistic and strong. The teachers are depicted as a varied group with their own stresses. The author has an excellent grasp of verbal and physical interactions among fourth and fifth grade girls. This title may be of interest to those who are older than the heroine because of the subject matter.-Libby K. White, Schenectady County Public Library, NY
Copyright 1996 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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This story broke my heart. I could not put this book down until I read the whole story. I am amazed at what this child had to go through before someone recognized that she was dyslexic and needed help in order to learn to read. It made me wish that every child had a place they could go where they felt safe and cared about, where no one would make fun of them because they could not read or write or do math, skills that most children take for granted. It made me realize that schools should provide every child a place to go where they felt safe and cared about, a place such as the resource room and teacher as described in this story. It also made me realize how important it is that teachers learn to recognize signs of dyslexia in children in their classrooms and bring it to the attention of appropriate school personnel. This is a wonderful book that I would highly recommend for teachers, parents, and educational/school psychologists to read.
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There is a mistake in the 1st review- the girl's name is Kinneret, not Nava. please correct it.
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A book for readers young to old,
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The Safe Place,written by Tehila Peterseil,is about a young girl named Nava who has problems with learning. Her parents first have no idea what's wrong with her. Finally they realize the solution is for her to receive special educatioon. This book, which Tehila Peterseil kindly dedicates to every "Nava" around the world, will touch your heart and nourish your soul even after the last page is turned.
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