Special People Special Ways

This book is so beautiful & educational! It's perfect for showing kids that all people are equal & not to be afraid, but help people with special needs. My 2 year old daughter has a muscle disease so we're not sure if someday she'll need a wheelchair, leg braces etc. She likes the page of a boy in a hospital room because he looks scared & she feels the same way when she goes & I like the page where it says "Be thoughtful to all as you would a good friend, since the hurts that we feel are not easy to mend." I bought extra books to give to my daughter's friends to help them understand & my Mom bought extra books also. This book is so close to our hearts & every time we read it we get choked up because it's so beautiful. A wonderful book, even if your child doesn't have special needs. 5 stars!

Author has a good understanding of people with special needs. She makes it easy for children to understand and enjoy the book. Susan Feintuch Stuermer

... [Another reviewer] assumed that only commonalities link people and they couldn't be more wrong about the author's intent. I happen to know the author and she is all about acceptance with or without commonalities. This book was written for little children. To help children understand, sometimes a common theme is needed in order to get the point across. However, Mrs. Maguire is about accepting people NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE AND NO MATTER WHAT IT IS THAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT THEM. This book is about kindness and seeing that just because we see people as different than we are, we are all unique and special individuals making up this planet. I'm sorry [another reviewer] did not see the reality of this book in the way it was intended.

This book has beautiful words and illustrations that are important for all children to hear. It sends the message that all kids are unique and special in their own way. I purchased this for my children so that they could see how disabilities affect people, but do not make them "different." This book teaches children in a fun way, with wonderful illustrations and truly thoughtful, rhyming text! I highly recommend this to all parents and children.

This fun-to-read, beautifully illustrated rhyming book talks about children with disabilities in a positive way. It helps kids understand that they are all special, no matter what physical limitations they may have. It teaches ALL children respect for others, including those that look different. This is the only full-color picture book I could find on disabilities.