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Read Able Books
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Category:
Children
Publisher: Dark Lotus Books
ISBN-10: 0967580935
Type: Fiction
Pages: 68
Copyright: 2015
ISBN-13: 9780967580937
Lonesome Sam walks on his feet and picks things up with his hands, while everyone else at his school does the opposite. The upside-down Handwalkers, who consider themselves 'normal,' think of right-side up Sam as disabled and just want him to stay out of their way...until something dramatic happens.
A cute story of non-discrimination for 2nd, 3rd, or 4th graders. Readers of 8-10 years old will find many fun scenes that explore what it might be like to walk on one’s hands, while using one’s feet and toes to write, pick up books, 'high-five', and climb. They crack their toes instead of their fingers and the teachers' glasses sit on the wrong side of their ears. Lonesome Sam walks right-side up and cannot stand on his hands. His teachers and classmates treat him as 'disabled' and are reluctant to change their rules until they come to realize during a school emergency that Sam has abilities that the others lack. The Handwalkers provides a fun way for young readers to start thinking about the difficulties kids with physical differences encounter and learn non-discrimination in an entertaining way. They learn that the biggest difficulty the 'differently-abled' face is the attitudes of others.
Published by Dark Lotus Books (www.Read-AbleBooks.com).
Now available from Amazon, Ingram, or thru any bookstore.
Excerpt
Lonesome Sam looked up from his math paper and wondered what the problem was. His teacher, who had been smiling at him, was frowning.
He looked at his teacher. He could not see her face clearly because desks were in his way, but from what he could see—her lips turned up at the edges and the inner parts of her eyebrows arching up—she must be upset.
Sam hoped he was not in trouble again. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Ms. Narrow rise from her desk and walk towards him in her usual style of walking. She stopped beside him.
Looking down at her face, Sam did his best to remember which of her expressions were good, and which were bad. It was not easy to tell the difference.
Her lips turned up more and her eyes seemed narrower. Her eyebrows arched higher forming perfect peaks. It looked just like a smile. That was a danger sign—Sam knew he was in trouble.
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