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All kinds of friends, even green ISBN: 9781890627355
Senisi, Ellen B.
Published by Woodbine House, 2002
Moses is seven. He has spina bifida and other health problems and uses a wheelchair. He loves school and his friends there, and he enjoys playing with his babysitter Kate's two pet iguanas. When his teacher asks the class to write about a friend whom 'they know very well and like very much', Moses has to think long and hard. He wants to do something different. His choice is unusual: he writes about Zaki, one of Kate's iguanas, who has special needs because her toes are missing. 'She figures out how to get where she wants to be in different ways...she's like me.' A moving story about a happy young lad in an inclusive class, with super photographs taken by the author. At the end of the book there are pages of explanation - about disabilities, about Moses himself, and about iguanas. Lovely! An American book, it is available in the U.K. from Gazelle (email: sales@gazellebooks.co.uk, Tel: 01524 68765).
Age: 5+