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Thirteen Days of Midnight

November 5, 2015 /in Fiction 14+ Secondary/Adult

…be as squeamish as this reviewer. Finally, as a wheelchair user myself, I was dismayed by one character’s suggestion that finding oneself in a wheelchair was a destiny that made…

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In Her Element

July 26, 2021 /in Picture Book 10-14 Middle/Secondary

…a girl named Amber, who is also a wheelchair user, but who is verbal and much stronger than Sophie. Amber used to be a competitive swimmer, though her swimming career…

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My Big Barefoot Book of Wonderful Words

November 1, 2014 /in Picture Information Book Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant

…in the library and an artist is a wheelchair user. I like the interactive approach: children are asked what they would like to be when they grow up, on the…

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I Have No Secrets

May 5, 2017 /in Fiction 14+ Secondary/Adult

…hands are too seriously affected to use sign language. So she exists incommunicado. Jemma is a fulltime user of a manual wheelchair. The condition of her arms makes it necessary…

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And I climbed and I climbed

November 17, 2023 /in Poetry 8-10 Junior/Middle

…as a wheelchair user since his teens. In this sequence of poems he explores the frustrations, the anger, the joys, the sadnesses that just such a boy would experience capturing…

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George’s Secret Key to the Universe

July 11, 2009 /in Fiction 8-10 Junior/Middle

…essays by Stephen and five other prominent physicists and astronomers, comprising ‘The User’s Guide to the Universe’. In addition, both books include factual texts, from half a page to four…

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My Body

November 1, 2011 /in Non Fiction 5-8 Infant/Junior

…both: it explains stages in sixteen hands-on experiments and provides background information and interesting facts under large, user friendly fold-out flaps. It covers the usual Body Book topics, including ‘What’s…

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I Like Toys

May 1, 2011 /in Board Book, Novelty Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant

…purpose (toys) and by kind of foodstuff (vegetables). I Like Peas also introduces the concept of opposites. These user-friendly books would make a welcome addition to a child’s first book…

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1001 Children’s Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up

January 1, 2010 /in Non Fiction Books About Children's Books

…are convenient answers here for every parent and teacher. Its user-friendly format splits the thousand choices into five age-groups: 0-3, 3+, 5+, 8+ and 12+, this last group taking in…

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Wished

May 20, 2022 /in Fiction 8-10 Junior/Middle

…writing for those moments of pathos and understanding intrinsic to Pearce’s writing. One exception here is provided by how she writes about young Ed, who is a wheelchair user and…

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What Do You See When You Look at a Tree?

September 15, 2022 /in Picture Book Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant nature, tree

…details to create an inviting visual world. Diverse characters (including a wheelchair user in one of the later vignettes) are physically and emotionally expressive, and subjects include the changing seasons…

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The Amazing Edie Eckhart, The Big Trip

November 18, 2022 /in 8-10 Junior/Middle

…other is that Edie meets a wheelchair user during the trip who is dismissive of her. There is a perception that all wheelchair users are always pleasant and do not…

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Just One Quiet Pine Tree

September 2, 2008 /in Information Book, Novelty 5-8 Infant/Junior

Review also includes: Just One Peaceful Pond, 978-1844285778 Here are two lyrical science books of enormous appeal to the age group which pack in a lot of information. The user…

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The Council of Good Friends

November 17, 2023 /in Fiction 8-10 Junior/Middle friendship

…and his council of friends represent – in many ways – a user’s guide to perfect friendship. They love and respect one another deeply, talk through their problems, and find…

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Immigration

September 1, 2007 /in Non Fiction 14+ Secondary/Adult

…this is technically correct, the word is almost always much more subjectively used to describe movement into the user’s own country. But, of course, emotive titles sell better. This book…

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Here Be Monsters! (The Ratbridge Chronicles, Vol. 1)

January 1, 2006 /in Fiction 8-10 Junior/Middle

…set out to save the town from the evil Snatcher and his gang, out for control ultimately of the whole world. Written at a good pace in user-friendly large print,…

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Paralysed

September 1, 2005 /in Fiction 14+ Secondary/Adult

…moving story with an optimistic, clear sighted view of living life as a wheelchair user; a view that is still unusual in fiction and in life. Like many books for…

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Mysteries & Marvels of Nature

May 1, 2004 /in Non Fiction 8-10 Junior/Middle

…or user-friendly. The links can only be accessed by searching for them using the page numbers of the book. This interactive resource may be useful for teachers and tutoring parents,…

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