Hannah loves her friend Isabel because Isabel is big like a grownup, but she plays with Hannah like a friend. Hannah loves Isabel because Isabel doesn't criticize. She's never in a hurry. She's always ready to play any game Hannah wants to play. And--unlike other grownups and some bigger kids--she doesn't tell Hannah what to do. And Hannah's not the only one who thinks that Isabel is wonderful. On Isabel's birthday, everyone on Gold Street recognizes...
Ably translated by Sharon Franco, The Treasure On Gold Street by Lee Merrill Byrd is a bilingual English/Spanish picture book about a young city girl who befriends a mentally retarded women, who unlike many other grownups is always ready to play games, doesn't criticize, and whose joy and love are a true treasure recognized by all. Written by an active member of the National Association of the Mentally Ill, and brought to...
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