I have the following book from the list and will scan after computer is up and running again. Trust the dog: rebuilding lives through teamwork with man's best friend by
The Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation;Www Watch by Robert Sawyer. I also have a couple more in the box but I will start on these next week I hope. Which do you want first?
Sue Mangis
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These sound really good.
All are nonfiction.
Your Treasure Hunt: Disabilities And Finding Your Gold By
Katherine
Schneider, PhD. Beaver's Pond Press, 2010. Hardcover, 28 pages, $18.95. ISBN 1592983200 (hardcover).Here's a warm and honest portrayal of the treasure hunt of
getting
through life for young children with disabilities to enjoy with
an
adult. All children face obstacles on their lives' treasure
hunts.
However, there are difficulties for children with disabilities
that
other children don't experience (such as working extra hard on
normal
tasks, being teased, and gaining the courage to ask for help).Constructive ways of dealing with the frustrating parts of having
a
disability are featured in this book, as well as techniques forbuilding a positive self image. This book emphasizes that all
children
can find both small and big treasures on their lives' treasure
hunts.
A resources section gives suggested books and websites for
parents and
caregivers.
C'mon Papa: Dispatches from a Dad in the Dark by Ryan Knighton 250 p. Toronto : A.A. Knopf Canada, 2010. ISBN 030739669X (hardcover). C'mon Papa is Ryan Knighton's heartbreaking and hilarious voyage through the first year of fatherhood. Becoming a father is a stressful, daunting rite of passage to be sure, but for a blindfather, the fears are unimaginably heightened. Ryan will have to
find
novel ways to adapt to nearly every aspect of parenting: the mostbasic skills are nearly impossible to contemplate, let alone
master.
And how will Ryan get to know this pre-verbal bundle of coos and
burps
when he can't see her smile, or look into her eyes for hints of
the
person to come?But this is no pity party, and Ryan has no time for
sentimentality.
Tackling these hurdles with grace and humour, Ryan is determined
to do
his part - and this is where the fun starts. From holding his
daughter
as she wails into the night to their first nerve-wracking walk to
the
cafe, no activity between father and daughter is without its
pitfalls.
In his struggle to "see" Tess, Ryan reimagines the relationship between father and child during that first chaotic year. Adult autobiography.
Trust the dog: rebuilding lives through teamwork with man's best
friend by
The Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation with Gerri Hirshey. xii, 207 p. New York : Viking, 2010. ISBN 0670021512 (hardcover). Adult non-fiction.
Traveling Blind: Adventures in Vision with a Guide Dog by My Side by Susan Kriegerxii, 205 p. West Lafayette : Purdue University Press, 2010.
ISBN
1557535574 (hardcover). Adult autobiography.
Shelley L. Rhodes, VRT and Ludden Black Labrador Guide Dog
The ultimate sense of security will be when we come to recognize
that we are
all part of one human race. Our primary allegiance is to the
human race and
not to one particular color or border. -Mohamed ElBaradei,
Director General
of the International Atomic Energy Agency (b. 1942)
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