Tricia Brown

Someone Special, Just Like You encompasses several disabilities a child may have, from blindness, and deafness, to being unable to walk. This informational book is full of heartwarming photographs of all types of children; those with disabilities and those not; doing everyday things from eating to smiling to playing. It is a broad overview of all different children who may look or act different, but in the end are all very much the same. This would make a great addition to any child’s show more library. The author’s intention, as outlined in the prologue, was to provide a book that introduced children to other kinds of kinds. The author’s son had a classmate in his nursery school with a disability. She attempted to find a story to help him understand his new friend, and when she couldn’t she wrote one. As a parent I am thankful she did, this book full of just a few words has a large important message that all children are special, just like you. show less

Someone Special, Just Like You is a book about special needs children and talks about how every child does the same kind of things but sometimes they do those things in different ways.

I really liked this book; it has wonderful photographs that show special needs children in every day circumstances. I wish I had known about this book to read to my children when they were old enough to realize that their nephew with Downs Syndrome was different. I really think it could have helped them show more understand him.

This would be a good book to read if your class is going to have a special needs student.
This book would also be good to read just to make children more familiar with special needs kids. show less

This is a great picture book that shows a many children with many different disabilities. It talks about how every child can hear, see, speak, walk and feel but maybe not all in the same way.

Children will be children and children will stare. It is human nature to be curious about something that is unfamiliar or unique to them. I was raised with an autistic sister my whole life. I never knew the difference between her and me until I was in about the sixth grade. We played and talked just show more like sisters do. I went to Special Olympics and watched her participate with many disabled children. I was exposed to a lot of different disabilities and I am truly grateful for that. I did not grow up judging other children that were different than me and it breaks my heart when they are.

A great extension idea would be for the teacher to set up a time and day to visit the Special Education classroom. They could help them read or put a puzzle together! It would be a great experience for both sides. They could make a writing activity out of it by writing a thank you letter to the class and thanking them for letting them visit. show less

Hello, Amigos by Tricia Brown is a good biography for a few reasons. For starters, the diction within this biography sheds light on different vocabulary within the Spanish culture. "My brother Gabriel wishes me a Feliz Cumpleanos-that means Happy Birthday in Spanish", sentences like these can be found within this book which educate the reader on Spanish vocabulary while providing a detailed storyline of the life of Frankie. In addition, I found the voice of this biography to be interesting show more because it is told through the words of a young, school aged child. "After recess we study English. I like English best when I get the right answer", quotes like these are typical ways that a child may think about certain subjects. This element of the biography is how it may attract the young reader because there are many ways they can relate to Frankie and his life. Hello, Amigos is a great biography with its use of academically rich diction and relatable narrator voice. show less