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Title: Special People Special Ways
Author: Arlene Maguire
Narrator: Hillary Hawkins
Format: Unabridged
Length: 4 mins
Language: English
Release date: 03-24-17
Publisher: Future Horizons
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Kids, Ages 5-7
Publisher's Summary:
Winner of a 2009 Preferred Choice Award by Creative Child Magazine!
"Share a joke or a dream. Make someone feel good. We need laughter, hugs, and to be understood.... Though we seem different, inside we're the same. Our hearts are for caring, no matter our name."
Arlene Maguire's delightful rhymes take the listener on a journey of discovery. The book portrays positive descriptions of children with various disabilities. Winner of an iParenting Media Award, this book says that beyond our physical limitations is a world of unique gifts for each of us to share. Teachers and parents can use this book to promote understanding and tolerance at school and at home.
Members Reviews:
Five Stars
Great book to share appreciation for differences in children!
6 years later & still a favorite!
Empathy. It can create the strongest bond between friends & family.
I originally purchased this book when our daughter was first diagnosed with her muscle disease at age 2. 6 years later this book still connects to our hearts! She is in a wheelchair, has a service dog & we are in no way offended by the term "special needs". I want to teach all my children to "be helpful to all, as you would a good friend, since the hurts that we feel are not easy to mend." I truly believe this book has helped our friend's children understand our daughter's needs better.
My daughter has often identified with the page of a boy in the hospital room with a scared face that says "creams flow from small tubes to soothe where it aches, and many seek cures for jitters & shakes".
And my other daughter is able to understand her big sister a little better with the page that says "there are those who are fed or helped to get dressed. But everyone's proud, having given their best" (she now helps her sister put her shoes on, gets her water, etc).
But my absolute favorite thing about this book is that it helps my daughter with special needs be PROUD of who she is "All people shine, as jewels in a chest. Born with our gifts, each person is blessed" (we usually then talk about all our gifts we each have).
If you're on the fence with purchasing this book, I will leave you with one last poem from the book
"We help when we can, should someone need aid; giving and taking bring wonder in trade.
Share a joke or a dream. Make someone feel good. We need laughter, hugs, and to be understood."
Special People, Special Ways
Special People, Special Ways by Arlene Maguire is a wonderful book that I would recommend any teacher to use in a classroom when introducing disabilities and diversity to very young children. The book lists multiple disabilities that people may have but makes sure that the reader understands that they are still people and have feelings just like every other person in the world. It makes sure that every child understands that he or she is special, whether they have a disability or not. The book does not necessarily help kids understand certain disabilities and what they are, but it does a wonderful job explaining some accommodations that people may need in order to learn or move around, and that everyone deserves respect and to be treated equally no matter what disability he or she may have. It talks about children with disabilities in a very positive and comfortable way.
