Disability Books for Kids- Curious Mind and Dancing Feet

In Curious Mind and Dancing Feet, we meet a young Puerto Rican Muslim girl with ADHD. She explains what life is like from her perspective—vibrant, exciting, colorful, and sometimes overwhelming. We accompany her as her attention follows her interests, and as her enthusiasm occasionally puzzles others. She shows us how breathing helps her feel peaceful and calm—and proud of her ADHD. A young girl with ADHD celebrates what makes her who she is In Curious Mind and Dancing Feet, a young girl explains what it’s like to live with ADHD. Sometimes her mind wants to wander, and she often gets the wiggles. But when it comes to bugs, she’s laser focused. People don’t understand why she fills her pockets with bug-friendly snacks, and they don’t have to. The important thing is, her Mami, Abuelita, and friends understand, and they help her embrace her ADHD when she starts to feel jumbled up. With ADHD, life is complicated—and full of joy and wonder. Offers an honest portrayal of life with ADHD, including challenges and strengths Celebrates disability joy and offers an empowering self-representation for disabled kids Helps children develop empathy and understanding with first-person storytelling from a child’s perspective Centers disabled voices by drawing on the author’s experience with ADHD Features a Puerto Rican and Muslim girl as the main character The Disability Books for Kids series explores visible and invisible disability in the first person, as seen through the eyes of children and written from firsthand experience. The series builds allyship, challenges ableism, and celebrates difference, empowering and educating all readers. Each book includes an author’s note to the reader.

Pagina's: 36, Paperback, Free Spirit Publishing Inc.,U.S.