children with disabilities

"Aven knows she's an expert baker of cakes and cookies since she's been baking with her mom for a really long time. Plus no one bakes quite like her. She cracks eggs with her feet and measures sugar and flour with her feet (plus measuring cups) since she was born without arms. And now Aven has her eye on the prize: a beautiful blue ribbon for baking at the county fair. So she teams up with her friends Kayla, Emily, and Sujata. But It turns out they all have very different tastes and a lot of opinions about baking. Talk about a recipe for disaster!".

Five special children explain what they can do even though they have disabilities, including spina bifida, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and blindness.

Children learn what qualities make a good friend as well as that friends come in all shapes, sizes, and colors and with different abilities.

"Harold is now an official member of the Goolz team, comprised of eccentric horror author Frank Goolz and his daughters Suzie and Ilona (who is also Harold's kinda-sorta girlfriend). A set of twins has come to the Goolz for help in finding their missing mother, whom they believe has been taken by the monster rumored to live in the Mallow Marsh. When the (very real) monster bites Harold, his bizarre symptoms cause him to fear he is transforming into a monster himself. Then Suzie is taken, and it's up to Harold and Ilona to save her, prevent the formation of future marsh monsters, and stop Harold's own frightening transformation"--Provided by publisher.

Compilation of eight previously published Curious George titles.

Find out what makes Katie, who has Down Syndrome, so special.

A guide to using Response to Intervention (RTI) for literacy at the secondary school level, explaining why and how RTI is a viable intervention model for adolescent readers and outlining structural, political, cultural, and teacher and student identity issues related to its use in secondary school settings.

Presents activities for helping children develop an understanding for people with disabilities, with facts about specific disabilities, discussion questions, stories, and reproducible activity sheets.

"Marly, Sai, and Isla are back on the hunt. After finding Mr. Summerling's hidden tree house, they've discovered a new set of clues for them to follow, leading them straight to the heart of their mysterious neighbor's life: his house. The same house Marly has been living next to all of these years, which, they discover, is filled with hidden rooms and staircases. With just a few scraps of papers as clues, and Mr. Summerling's angry son on their tails, can the Treasure Troop find the answers they're looking for?"--Provided by the publisher.

Collects "Last Airlift" and "One Step at a Time," that tell Tuyet's story of when she was an orphan in Vietnam during the war and airlifted with other orphans from Saigon to Canada, and recounts her life with her new family and her struggle with polio.