What's Wrong with Timmy? Shriver, Maria ** 1st Edition **
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Handpicked, pre-owned, What‘s Wrong with Timmy? Shriver, Maria ** 1st Edition ** 2001
Condition: Excellent no signs of wear
Cover: Hardcover with slipcover
"Making friends with a mentally handicapped."
When 8-year-old Kate meets a boy who seems somehow different, she feels funny inside. After talking with her mom, though, Kate begins to understand that Timmy is just like her in many ways. Timmy has special needs; he takes longer to learn than Kate, and can‘t walk or run as well. But he also "loves his family, he wants friends, he goes to school, and he dreams about what he wants to be when he grows up." Kate and Timmy meet, and the seeds of a friendship are planted.
For all those children who ask their parents why someone looks or acts "different," author and journalist Maria Shriver‘s What‘s Wrong with Timmy? provides a base for discussion. Kate‘s mother models appropriate behavior, speaking to her daughter calmly and directly, and providing examples from her own life to help Kate understand about Timmy. Illustrator Sandra Speidel‘s soft, intentionally hazy pastels are lovely; bold, enlarged phrases on the opposite pages of text act as captions. Shriver and Speidel collaborated previously on the tremendously popular What‘s Heaven?, also starring Kate and her mother.
What is the response when a child points out that a disabled child or adult looks ‘different‘? Shriver tells the story of Kate, who finds that making friends with a mentally handicapped boy helps her learn that the two of them have a lot in common.
7 1/2 X 7 1/2 inches, light blue cloth, (48 pages).
As new in as new un-clipped jacket.
Grade level : Preschool - 3
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What's Wrong with Timmy? Shriver, Maria ** 1st Edition **
$41.00
Sale price
$41.00
Regular price
Condition: Excellent no signs of wear
Cover: Hardcover with slipcover
"Making friends with a mentally handicapped."
When 8-year-old Kate meets a boy who seems somehow different, she feels funny inside. After talking with her mom, though, Kate begins to understand that Timmy is just like her in many ways. Timmy has special needs; he takes longer to learn than Kate, and can‘t walk or run as well. But he also "loves his family, he wants friends, he goes to school, and he dreams about what he wants to be when he grows up." Kate and Timmy meet, and the seeds of a friendship are planted.
For all those children who ask their parents why someone looks or acts "different," author and journalist Maria Shriver‘s What‘s Wrong with Timmy? provides a base for discussion. Kate‘s mother models appropriate behavior, speaking to her daughter calmly and directly, and providing examples from her own life to help Kate understand about Timmy. Illustrator Sandra Speidel‘s soft, intentionally hazy pastels are lovely; bold, enlarged phrases on the opposite pages of text act as captions. Shriver and Speidel collaborated previously on the tremendously popular What‘s Heaven?, also starring Kate and her mother.
What is the response when a child points out that a disabled child or adult looks ‘different‘? Shriver tells the story of Kate, who finds that making friends with a mentally handicapped boy helps her learn that the two of them have a lot in common.
7 1/2 X 7 1/2 inches, light blue cloth, (48 pages).
As new in as new un-clipped jacket.
Grade level : Preschool - 3
**STAR SELLER **
Smooth shipping
Speedy replies
Smoke free home
Free shipping