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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 362.4 EAN: 9781595720337 ISBN: 1595720332 Label: Star Bright Books Manufacturer: Star Bright Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 40 Publication Date: October 10, 2005 Publisher: Star Bright Books Reading Level: Ages 4-8 Studio: Star Bright Books Related Items:
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 Rating:  - I love this book!I think this book should be in the library of every preschool and kindergarten in the country. In a world that focuses on what people with disabilities can't do, its beautiful photos show all the things these kids *can* do. Rating: - children first, disabilities secondThis marvelous book shows five different children going about their lives with their disabilities visible, but demystified. The title really says it all: We can do it! We can do lots of things! The journalistically styled photos show each child in ordinary situations as a child first, and a child with a disability second. My favorite photo is the one of the boy in his walker playing in the sprinkler; seeing his joy reminds of another famous photo of children playing under a ... Read More Rating:  - A catalogue of physical impairmentsI'm not sure why we need a catalogue of impairments like this. The pictures are certainly beautiful but I don't understand why we would want to group a whole bunch of children with disabilities together and then offer up all of the private details of their lives. I guess I'm just not sure what the story is here. Is there a plot? Rating: - A lively book of photographs of special children as childrenWe Can Do It has photographs of 5 children with Down Syndrome, spina bifida, blindness and cerebral palsy having fun and enjoying ordinary activities at home and at school. The unposed (I think!) photographs are refreshing and inspiring to anyone who has an interest in special needs children, focusing on their abilities. I think it will become a classic. 
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