Description
Can you dance in a wheelchair? Can you sing without being able to speak? A touching and tender story about the friendship between a small child in a wheelchair, which speaks to the heart.
Can a shell become a child's best friend? This story, based on a real and true friendship, narrates how a little boy in a wheelchair met his best friend of all times, and how they never left each other’s side.
A small snail in a shell loved being carried around in a small necklace. She loved how her owner discovered the world and she along with him. One day, she falls down in the sand a boy happens to find her and introduces her to his brother, Yago. How strange! Yago wasn’t able to talk, and he couldn’t walk either, because he was in a wheelchair. Yago’s family seems very fond of him, but how is it possible? Eager to communicate with Yago, the little snail finds a special language to feel whatever the boy is feeling: listening to his heartbeat.
This insightful story will teach children to accept differences and deal with diversity.
Details
- Price: €14,90
- Pages: 42
- Series: Light (Cuento de Luz)
- Trim Size: 10.2 x 8.75 in
- ISBN: 9788493824037
- Format: Hardcover
- Language: eng
- Age: 3-8
- BISACs:
JUVENILE FICTION / Biographical / Other
JUVENILE FICTION / Disabilities & Special Needs
JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship
JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings
JUVENILE FICTION / Health & Daily Living / Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries
Reviews
"This insightful story will teach children to accept differences and deal with diversity." —Wheatland Regional Library
"This moving and tender story brings to life the experiences of children with physical differences and disabilities. Carretero's watercolor illustrations are soft, warm, and imaginative, expressing the story's emotions and moods. A fine addition to most collections." —Library Journal (June 23, 2011)
Author and Illustrator Bio
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9788493824037 Video
Can you dance in a wheelchair? Can you sing without being able to speak? A touching and tender story about the friendship between a small child in a wheelchair, which speaks to the heart.
Can a shell become a child's best friend? This story, based on a real and true friendship, narrates how a little boy in a wheelchair met his best friend of all times, and how they never left each other’s side.
A small snail in a shell loved being carried around in a small necklace. She loved how her owner discovered the world and she along with him. One day, she falls down in the sand a boy happens to find her and introduces her to his brother, Yago. How strange! Yago wasn’t able to talk, and he couldn’t walk either, because he was in a wheelchair. Yago’s family seems very fond of him, but how is it possible? Eager to communicate with Yago, the little snail finds a special language to feel whatever the boy is feeling: listening to his heartbeat.
This insightful story will teach children to accept differences and deal with diversity.
- Price: €14,90
- Pages: 42
- Series: Light (Cuento de Luz)
- Trim Size: 10.2 x 8.75 in
- ISBN: 9788493824037
- Format: Hardcover
- Language: eng
- Age: 3-8
- BISACs:
JUVENILE FICTION / Biographical / Other
JUVENILE FICTION / Disabilities & Special Needs
JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship
JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings
JUVENILE FICTION / Health & Daily Living / Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries
"This insightful story will teach children to accept differences and deal with diversity." —Wheatland Regional Library
"This moving and tender story brings to life the experiences of children with physical differences and disabilities. Carretero's watercolor illustrations are soft, warm, and imaginative, expressing the story's emotions and moods. A fine addition to most collections." —Library Journal (June 23, 2011)