There is lots to learn about the new girl at school. She does not like beans. She does like to tell jokes. And, she has a physical disability. In this book, beginning readers in prekindergarten to grade 1 can join Mimi’s classmates as they ask questions about different abilities and make a new friend. This illustrated picture book series features social/emotional issues as plot drivers. Youngsters are introduced to a variety of experiences, while caregivers are given a jumping off point for discussing and guiding their child's social/emotional development
With approachable page counts, easy-to-follow paneling, and artwork that supports text comprehension, these engaging stories with unforgettable characters help children become lifelong readers. Meet Mimi. She's charming! She's cheerful!
"This is real food: delicious, honest recipes that celebrate the beauty of picking what is ripe and in season, and capture the essence of life in rural France." —Alice Waters When Mimi Thorisson and her family moved from Paris to a small ...
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The place belonged to them, but I think Smockey liked to have young people around, too. There were plenty of other old man bars in the neighborhood—places with the same dark paneling and nicotine stained mirrors and shelves sparsely ...
Katie has Down Syndrome, but that's not what makes her so special. Find out what makes Katie unique. This title focuses on sight words, decoding, and retelling.
She was seated in the front of a box opposite, one tier below his own, in the company of a slender fair-haired gentleman, an equally slender fair-haired young lady, and an elderly female who appeared to be asleep in her chair.
From 2006 to 2012, there were numerous Congressional efforts to pass the so-called DREAM Act (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors), legislation which sought to legalize the rights of undocumented young people who had ...
This delightful book will help kids think about disability, kindness, and how to behave when they meet someone who is different from them.
In 1969 twelve-year-old Mimi and her family move to an all-white town in Vermont, where Mimi's mixed-race background and interest in "boyish" topics like astronomy make her feel like an outsider.
Describes the many ways in which handicapped people differ from one another.