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Editorial Reviews
From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 2–The creator of the enormously popular "Carl" series (Farrar) offers a longer picture book about a little girl with autism and the animals that change her life. Betsy lives in an isolated, don't-touch-me world. Slowly, she warms to the sound and flight of a dove in her classroom. Eventually, she begins to pet the classroom dog, then holds hands with the teacher, and finally speaks her first word, "Mommy!" Unfortunately, the writing is dull and plodding, with long narrative sentences, often in the passive voice: "Her mother's heart was heavy with discouragement and self-reproach." During the first half of the book, Betsy is depicted in washed-out grays and blacks and encased in shaded blocks, while her surroundings are painted with more fluid brush strokes and brighter colors. After her interaction with the dove, she is fully integrated into the colorful scenes. The beautiful artwork effectively highlights her sense of isolation and the happiness of the conclusion, but cannot save the heavy-handed story.–Linda Beck, Indian Valley Public Library, Telford, PA
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Gr. 3-5, younger for reading aloud. A bright, happy baby for the first year or so of her life, Betsy soon begins to withdraw from everything around her, eating very little food, avoiding touch, and making hissing or clicking sounds instead of words. Placed in a special preschool, Betsy's autistic condition continues until she startles a dove and responds to the bird's movement. Continued contact with the dove gradually breaks through Betsy's autism until she finally says her first word. Based on a true story, this fictionalized retelling reads like a case study. The lush watercolor art, however, brings the story to life, emphasizing Betsy's isolation and alienation as well as her mother's distress. When the dove finally breaks through to Betsy, the illustration captures the magic of the moment. Betsy's story will kindle a curiosity about autism and stimulate questions this story does not answer. It also demonstrates the miraculous therapeutic power of animals. Linda Perkins
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PreSchool-Grade 2–The creator of the enormously popular "Carl" series (Farrar) offers a longer picture book about a little girl with autism and the animals that change her life. Betsy lives in an isolated, don't-touch-me world. Slowly, she warms to the sound and flight of a dove in her classroom. Eventually, she begins to pet the classroom dog, then holds hands with the teacher, and finally speaks her first word, "Mommy!" Unfortunately, the writing is dull and plodding, with long narrative sentences, often in the passive voice: "Her mother's heart was heavy with discouragement and self-reproach." During the first half of the book, Betsy is depicted in washed-out grays and blacks and encased in shaded blocks, while her surroundings are painted with more fluid brush strokes and brighter colors. After her interaction with the dove, she is fully integrated into the colorful scenes. The beautiful artwork effectively highlights her sense of isolation and the happiness of the conclusion, but cannot save the heavy-handed story.–Linda Beck, Indian Valley Public Library, Telford, PA
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From Booklist
Gr. 3-5, younger for reading aloud. A bright, happy baby for the first year or so of her life, Betsy soon begins to withdraw from everything around her, eating very little food, avoiding touch, and making hissing or clicking sounds instead of words. Placed in a special preschool, Betsy's autistic condition continues until she startles a dove and responds to the bird's movement. Continued contact with the dove gradually breaks through Betsy's autism until she finally says her first word. Based on a true story, this fictionalized retelling reads like a case study. The lush watercolor art, however, brings the story to life, emphasizing Betsy's isolation and alienation as well as her mother's distress. When the dove finally breaks through to Betsy, the illustration captures the magic of the moment. Betsy's story will kindle a curiosity about autism and stimulate questions this story does not answer. It also demonstrates the miraculous therapeutic power of animals. Linda Perkins
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
See all Editorial Reviews
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