Josh: A Boy With Dyslexia (Paperback)

by Caroline Janover (Author), Edward Epstein (Illustrator)
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Product Description
Josh struggles to live down the stigma of his learning disability, dyslexia, and receive both respect and friendship from his peers. Includes information on the characteristics of dyslexia and a list of organizations that deal with learning disabilities.

About the Author
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. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Paperback: 100 pages
• Publisher: Waterfront Books (July 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0914525107
• ISBN-13: 978-0914525103
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,255,979 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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43 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A humorous story about a little boy turn hero., June 6, 1998

By A Customer

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.