Newly arrived from their faraway homeland, a boy and his family enter into the lights, noise, and traffic of a busy city in this dazzling wordless picture book.
Hard-hitting and achingly real, this carefully crafted YA novel from the multi-award-winning author of My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece is a moving tale of sexuality, mental health and modern family life.
Short-listed for the 2010 Governor General's Award for Children's Literature, the 2010 Snow Willow Award and the 2011 CLA Young Adult Book Award Born with Down syndrome, Ruby Jean Sharp comes from a time when being a developmentally disabled person could mean growing up behind locked doors and barred windows and being called names like "e;retard"e; and "e;moron.
Although it is 1969 and the end of a decade that has brought tremendous social change even in southweatern Ontario, 14-year-old Annie Ward has experienced little of "e;love, peace, and understanding.
Although it is 1969 and the end of a decade that has brought tremendous social change even in southweatern Ontario, 14-year-old Annie Ward has experienced little of "e;love, peace, and understanding.
Commended for the 2008 Best Books for Kids and Teens, short-listed for the 2008 Snow Willow Award and Ann Connor Brimer Award "e;No one pays much attention to you if you don't have much to say, so there was no way I could have predicted what would happen when I stopped talking altogether.
Book Features:*16 pages, 8 inches x 8 inches * Ages 4-7, PreK-Grade 2, Guided Reading Level A, Lexile BR60L* Easy-to-read pages with full-color photos* Includes a reading comprehension activity* Photo glossary and high frequency word list includedMaking Good Choices: I Make Good Choices, part of the Kid Citizen series, helps emerging preschool-2nd grade readers develop basic literacy skills while learning important social concepts such as making good decisions in a fun and engaging way.
Book Features:*16 pages, 8 inches x 8 inches * Ages 4-7, PreK-Grade 2, Guided Reading Level A, Lexile BR60L* Easy-to-read pages with full-color photos* Includes a reading comprehension activity* Photo glossary and high frequency word list includedFollowing The Rules: I Know the Rules, part of the Kid Citizen series, helps emerging preschool-2nd grade readers develop basic literacy skills while learning important social concepts such as following rules in a fun and engaging way.
Book Features:*16 pages, 8 inches x 8 inches * Ages 4-7, PreK-Grade 2, Guided Reading Level A, Lexile BR60L* Easy-to-read pages with full-color photos* Includes a reading comprehension activity* Photo glossary and high frequency word list includedSharing Is Caring: I Can Share, part of the Kid Citizen series, helps emerging preschool-2nd grade readers develop basic literacy skills while learning important social concepts such as learning to share in a fun and engaging way.
Book Features:*16 pages, 8 inches x 8 inches * Ages 4-7, PreK-Grade 2, Guided Reading Level A, Lexile BR50L* Easy-to-read pages with full-color photos* Includes a reading comprehension activity* Photo glossary and high frequency word list includedA Helping Hand: I Can Help, part of the Kid Citizen series, helps emerging preschool-2nd grade readers develop basic literacy skills while learning important social concepts such as lending a helping hand in a fun and engaging way.
Book Features:*16 pages, 8 inches x 8 inches * Ages 4-7, PreK-Grade 2, Guided Reading Level A, Lexile BR50L* Easy-to-read pages with full-color photos* Includes a reading comprehension activity* Photo glossary and high frequency word list includedChoosing Kindness: I Am Kind, part of the Kid Citizen series, helps emerging preschool-2nd grade readers develop basic literacy skills while learning important social concepts such as spreading kindness in a fun and engaging way.
Book Features:*16 pages, 8 inches x 8 inches * Ages 4-7, PreK-Grade 2, Guided Reading Level A, Lexile BR40L* Easy-to-read pages with full-color photos * Includes a reading comprehension activity* Photo glossary and high frequency word list includedCelebrating Uniqueness: I Am Unique, part of the Kid Citizen series, helps emerging preschool-2nd grade readers develop basic literacy skills while learning important social concepts in a fun and engaging way.
Book Features:*16 pages, 8 inches x 8 inches * Ages 4-7, PreK-Grade 2, Guided Reading Level A, Lexile BR60L* Easy-to-read pages with full-color photos * Includes a reading comprehension activity* Photo glossary and high frequency word list includedMaking Good Choices: I Make Good Choices, part of the Kid Citizen series, helps emerging preschool-2nd grade readers develop basic literacy skills while learning important social concepts such as making good decisions in a fun and engaging way.
Book Features:*16 pages, 8 inches x 8 inches * Ages 4-7, PreK-Grade 2, Guided Reading Level A, Lexile BR60L* Easy-to-read pages with full-color photos * Includes a reading comprehension activity* Photo glossary and high frequency word list included Following The Rules: I Know the Rules, part of the Kid Citizen series, helps emerging preschool-2nd grade readers develop basic literacy skills while learning important social concepts such as following rules in a fun and engaging way.
Book Features:*16 pages, 8 inches x 8 inches * Ages 4-7, PreK-Grade 2, Guided Reading Level A, Lexile BR60L* Easy-to-read pages with full-color photos * Includes a reading comprehension activity * Photo glossary and high frequency word list included Sharing Is Caring: I Can Share, part of the Kid Citizen series, helps emerging preschool-2nd grade readers develop basic literacy skills while learning important social concepts such as learning to share in a fun and engaging way.
Book Features:*16 pages, 8 inches x 8 inches * Ages 4-7, PreK-Grade 2, Guided Reading Level A, Lexile BR50L* Easy-to-read pages with full-color photos* Includes a reading comprehension activity * Photo glossary and high frequency word list includedA Helping Hand: I Can Help, part of the Kid Citizen series, helps emerging preschool-2nd grade readers develop basic literacy skills while learning important social concepts such as lending a helping hand in a fun and engaging way.
Book Features:*16 pages, 8 inches x 8 inches * Ages 4-7, PreK-Grade 2, Guided Reading Level A, Lexile BR50L* Easy-to-read pages with full-color photos * Includes a reading comprehension activity* Photo glossary and high frequency word list included Choosing Kindness: I Am Kind, part of the Kid Citizen series, helps emerging preschool-2nd grade readers develop basic literacy skills while learning important social concepts such as spreading kindness in a fun and engaging way.
Book Features:*16 pages, 8 inches x 8 inches * Ages 4-7, PreK-Grade 2, Guided Reading Level A, Lexile BR40L* Easy-to-read pages with full-color photos * Includes a reading comprehension activity* Photo glossary and high frequency word list included Celebrating Uniqueness: I Am Unique, part of the Kid Citizen series, helps emerging preschool-2nd grade readers develop basic literacy skills while learning important social concepts in a fun and engaging way.
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