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My Brother Charlie Hardcover – Picture Book, March 16, 2010

by Holly Robinson Peete (Author), Ryan Elizabeth Peete (Author), Shane Evans (Illustrator)

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From bestselling author and actress Holly Robinson Peete--a heartwarming story about a boy who happens to be autistic, based on Holly's son, who has autism.

"Charlie has autism. His brain works in a special way. It's harder for him to make friends. Or show his true feelings. Or stay safe." But as his big sister tells us, for everything that Charlie can't do well, there are plenty more things that he's good at. He knows the names of all the American presidents. He knows stuff about airplanes. And he can even play the piano better than anyone he knows.Actress and national autism spokesperson Holly Robinson Peete collaborates with her daughter on this book based on Holly's 10-year-old son, who has autism.

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PreSchool-Grade 2—Twins Callie and Charlie have a lot in common, but they are also very different: Charlie has autism. Callie narrates the story, describing what autism is and exploring the issues that come along with it. The theme is of love, patience, and acceptance. Endnotes give a few basic facts for children unfamiliar with the disorder. The authors, a mother-daughter team, based this story on personal experience. Evans's bright, mixed-media illustrations skillfully depict the family's warmth and concern. Pair this with Ouisie Shapiro's Autism and Me: Sibling Stories (Albert Whitman, 2009) to raise awareness and understanding of autism. This title should have a place in most library collections.—Laura Butler, Mount Laurel Library, NJ
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In an honest, simple narrative, young Callie talks about how much she loves her autistic twin brother, Charlie, and how much they share. As she explains what autism is and how her family cares for Charlie, she also speaks frankly about challenges. The mixed-media illustrations, in bright, opaque colors, show the loving connections in Callie’s African American family, as well as the tension and anger. Charlie does so many things well: he plays the piano, for example. Sometimes he supports his sister, and he has an incredible bond with their dog. Still, “there are days when it’s hard to be Charlie’s sister. . . . Sometimes he can ruin the best playdates; other times he won’t speak.” Warm but never sentimental, this welcome picture book is based on the mother-and-daughter authors' experiences, and a beautiful photo of the authors’ family appears on the back cover, while a personal concluding note offers more facts. A great choice for introducing the subject of autism to young children or for starting discussion in any family dealing with disability. Grades K-3. --Hazel Rochman

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Holly Robinson Peete and Ryan Elizabeth Peete have arranged for a percentage of the proceeds for My Brother Charlie to go to the HollyRod4Kids Foundation to help children with autism gain access to affordable treatments and therapies.

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RJ Peete wrote this book with his mother, Holly Robinson Peete, to help share awareness about autism with other children who have been touched by it in some way. RJ and his twin sister, Ryan, travel with their mom, speaking to children, families, and educators about their experiences growing up together. The Peetes live in Beverly Hills, California.

Ryan Elizabeth Peete and Rodney Peete, teenage twins, wrote this book with their mother Holly Robinson Peete to help share awareness about autism with other children who have been touched by it in some way. Ryan and Rodney travel with their mom speaking to teens about their experiences growing up together. The Peetes live in Beverly Hills, California.

Shane W. Evans is the illustrator of many terrific picture books, including Nobody's Gonna Turn Me Round by Doreen Rappaport, Coretta Scott King / John Steptoe New Talent Award winner The Way a Door Closes by Hope Anita Smith, Take it to the Hoop Magic Johnson by Quincy Troupe, The Shark series by Jean Marzollo, and When Gorilla Goes Walking by Nikki Grimes. His accolades range from being honored by First Lady Laura Bush at the 2002 National Book Festival, to The Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and The Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction for Children.

A multi-talented artist and designer, Shane W. Evans has also worked as an illustrator, graphic designer and web designer for a diverse group of clients, including Nike, the FDA, the Kansas City Jazz Museum, and the Kansas City International Jazz Festival.

Evans studied at Syracuse University School of Visual and Performing Arts. He graduated in 1993 and began traveling the world. His work is influenced by his travels to Africa, South America, Asia, Europe, the Caribbean, and throughout the United States.

Firmly believing in education and creative development for all people, Evans has produced a unique presentation designed to share his gift with all ages, cultures, ethnic groups, and backgrounds. His presentations and workshops are specifically tailored to each audience and combine storytelling, art projects, and slide presentations from his own work and world travel.

Shane W. Evans lives in Kansas City, Missouri. For more information, please visit shaneevans.com.

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We’ve always been together―even in mommy’s tummy, my twin brother, Charlie and I.We still share lots of things:Curly hair and brown eyes.How much we love hot chocolate with marshmallows.Rolling in the grass.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Scholastic Press
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 16, 2010
Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 40 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0545094666
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0545094665
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.4 ounces
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 4 - 8 years, from customers
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 0.25 x 10.75 inches
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 1 - 5
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ AD540L
Best Sellers Rank: #46,697 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #52 in Children's Books on Diseases & Physical Illness
- #85 in Children's Books on Disabilities
- #299 in Children's Siblings Books (Books)
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Shane Evans is a creative force. He comfortably wears titles
that include artist, author, illustrator, musician, songwriter,
and founder of Dream Studio, a community art space in Kansas
City, Missouri, where he resides. He has more than 30 books
to his credit as an illustrator, including Olu's Dream, which he
also authored. Many of the books have been featured in the
media such as The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Today Show,
Reading Rainbow, and Late Night with David Letterman. Five
of his books are scheduled for publication in 2010 including
"Chocolate Me" with actor Taye Diggs, "My Brother Charlie"
with actor Holly Robinson Peete, and "Black Jack," with
Coretta Scott King Award winning author Charles Smith. His
portfolio includes the "Shanna Show" (now a Disney animated
short along with the spinoff "Shane's Kindergarten
Countdown"). In addition, he has exhibited, lectured, and
developed art programs for youth in Burkina Faso, Botswana,
Brazil, China, France, Japan, Lesotho, and across the United
States. You can visit him online www.olusdream.com.
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Customers find this book perfect for explaining autism to kids, with well-written content that's easy to read. The illustrations are adorable, and one customer notes how the friendly pictures tell the story with warmth. The book receives positive feedback for its loving portrayal of a brother-sister relationship, with one review describing it as a rare and deft combination of honesty and hope.

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Deyanira Scott
Great book to teach about differences and autism
Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2025
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Excellent book. Allows for discussion while reading as well as after. Truly recommend this book if you have individuals you’re trying to support and/or raise to be conscientious and kind individuals to all humans.

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Mother's Day Tears
Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2023
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I have raised 4 boys on my own, including a set of twins in the middle. One twin has autism and one does not. They are now 23 years old. My twin without autism has become a special Ed teacher in honor of his brother. He ran across this book with one of his students and just gifted me a copy for mother's day today. This book brought back soo many memories, it opened so many raw emotions. It took me forever to read because I couldn't make out the words through my tears. My son had the same reaction and knew he had to buy me a copy.
I love everything about this book.
Thank you for writing it and sharing both the struggle and most of all the incredible honor and reward that comes with being the mom of a special needs child. Xo

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I love this story!
Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2024
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I was made aware of this book and a training that I had for my daycare. I immediately went onto Amazon and ordered the book. I love the book, I read through it first and then I shared it with my daycare children, and they enjoyed it as well.

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Everyone Knows Someone Who Knows Someone Who is Touched by Autism
Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2010
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And this is the book for all of those people. The grieving parents, the confused grandparents, the inexperienced teachers, and the sometimes-angry siblings will all find a bit of understanding in what this little girl has to say about her autistic twin, Charlie. She describes the hard ways so many families work through autism, and yet the only therapy mentioned is to love "with the might of angels." I've bought 4 copies. The first copy went into Daniel's kindergarten classroom where his twin and I talked to his classmates about Autism. Then his twin donated the book to the school library in Daniel's name. The second copy went to Daniel's grandparents. The third copy sits on the lending shelf in Daniel's doctor's office for the next person who needs it. The fourth copy stays with me to remind me that Daniel's autism sometimes has a beauty and a joy and a hope that mommies, tired, overwhelmed, and frankly scared, often overlook. Autism is always, always hard, but this book is a rare and deft combination of honesty and hope. Like I said, everyone knows someone. And if I could, I'd make sure everyone had this book.

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An autistic brother says "I love you" in special ways
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Callie's twin brother Charlie is like her in so many ways and different in so many others. If you have young siblings learning to get along and appreciate each other, or classmates adapting to each other, the challenges are likely magnified if one of them is autistic. But, it's a matter of perspective. Are they looking for ways to communicate? If yes, they'll find them. This book is a loving look at one brother-sister relationship, but it could just as easily be a classmate scenario. Parents of kids on the spectrum know all too well, each child is so-o-o different. And the book is realistic about areas that won't be perfect. But this book offers ideas, hope, and how to give love for starters. It's optimistic and the large, friendly pictures tell the story with warmth.

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M. Bensh
Great for Showing how Everyone is Different
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2012
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I bought this book thinking it would be a good way to bring up the subject of autism to my son. We read the book together and both enjoyed the story, though very simplistic. I was a bit disappointed that it glossed over the actual reason for Charlie being how he is and acting how he does. I did think this would be a good book to have other kids read to gain an understanding of a sibling or friend with autism.

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Chelsea Pugh
I highly recommend!
Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2020
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I bought this book so that I'd have a copy to read to students at the elementary school I work at on World Autism Awareness Day. We're out due to Coronavirus this year, but I'm glad to have it for next year.

I like this picture book that involves Autism more than others I've read. The story is sweet and the illustrations are very nice. It's honest and inclusive.

This is important to me also as a mother to one child who's on the spectrum, and one child who's not. Things aren't always easy, but I couldn't imagine our family any other way :o)

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Amouna
be kind to each other
Reviewed in Australia on September 14, 2020
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Recommended for kids to raise awareness about different type of us. Such as Autism and this book delivers the concept in very clear way.

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Catherine O'Keeffe
We identify with children who don’t “fit in” - everyone does.
Reviewed in Canada on October 25, 2020
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I didn’t read this aloud to my students as I have children with autism who prefer not to share. The book is a very welcome addition to our library where children read it quietly themselves. They tell me is is “really good.” Montessori class - ages 9 to 12.

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Great book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 13, 2019
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My daughter found this book great and will read it or refer to it often. It has given her a great insight into the world of autism and understanding of her older brother who has autism.

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katie
Grab the tissues! So heartwarming you might need them
Reviewed in Canada on December 19, 2020
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Adorable book with a great message about people who are different. We love it in our house!

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Madison Chamney
Amazing book
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Such an amazing books for children who have siblings on the spectrum.

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