Pat ThomasCritiques

This book strives to show the importance that each and every person in this world has. Additionally, it provides the message that we should treat everyone with kindness despite our differences.

The book teaches that bravery can take many different forms and how children can be brave by telling the truth. They can persist in trying until they achieve at something they find challenging. It encourages children to be willingness to do what is right when face with fear. children can learn to explore their feeling.
Ages: 3-5
Source: Pierce College Library

The story follows a group of children with different disabilities, and show how they are just like any other child despite their differences. The book explains that children with disabilities may need some extra help or accommodation ,but they still have their own unique interest talents and personalities the book can help children learn about diversity, and having empathy towards individuals with disabilities.

This book talks about children with different disabilities, learning, physical, and sensory impairment. It encourages people to see them as individuals who are unique in their own ways.

This book teaches neurotypical kids about diversity. Some kids may be different from them so we should learn to accept that diversity.

This book helps kids cope with death. It teaches us that death is part of life that we must accept it and it's okay to grieve and feel sad about it.

Explains about separation in terms young children can understand as well as making emotions ok and normal. So many children go through separation and divorce, this is a good read to know you aren’t alone and the feelings you have are ok.

The book I miss you a first look at death teaches kids that while everything dies because it's a natural part of life its ok to feel sad and heartbroken but reminds you that as long as you remember them a part of them will always remain. ages 3-7

This book helps children deal with the divorce of their parents. It also lets children know it's not their fault this is happening, but their emotions are valid through it all.
Age:5
Source: Pierce County Library

nice illustrations and message. Would possibly add to my collection.

Summary: brings death and departure to the table and making it normal for kids to understand how its part of the cycle of life.

This book is a good read for 2nd or 3rd grade. It talks about different children with different disabilities. It highlights that disabilities do not define people, and that there are many different types of disabilities. This would be a good book to read in class, would need to make sure it is done in appropriate context to make sure no child is singled out.

This book by Pat Thomas introduces what it is like to have disabilities – such as being in a wheelchair, and addresses the misconceptions we may have about their interests and experiences. “Everybody in the world is unique. That means that each one of us is a little different from everyone else” is the main premise of the book. This book is written to educate young children about physical and mental disabilities that peers around them may have, and that while those may have different abilities, they have their own unique interests, skills and activities that they enjoy. This book can be used to support children who are curious about disabilities, and to encourage inclusion, understanding and empathy for children and adults alike.
This book can be a window, mirror or a sliding glass door for different readers to better understand themselves or others around them. This can also be connected to stories portraying racial, ethnic or cultural differences, to aid children in understanding and accepting the differences of others.

Suddenly, ableism! Thousands of them!
Y'all get bullet points because I'm too grumpy at this thing for actual paragraphs.

- Uses person first language despite the majority of the autistic community preferring identity first language
- Treats the autistic person as an interesting side show exhibit rather than the person most qualified to tell others about what autism is like ie does not centre the autistic person in their own story
- Focuses almost exclusively on the strangeness/"negatives" and stereotypical outward behaviour that people associate with autism ie reinforces othering
- One of the most bothering things for me is that the autistic children are depicted apart from everyone on almost every page
- Let's not even talk about that one page with what looks like hand-over-handing while doing a JIGSAW PUZZLE (whoops, guess I just did)
- This book gets one singular point for showing both male and female autistic children in the illustrations.

I would not recommend this book to anyone, but especially not to read to anyone who is actually autistic. There's much better children's books on the topic out there. [b:I am an Aspie Girl: A book for young girls with autism spectrum conditions|26591202|I am an Aspie Girl A book for young girls with autism spectrum conditions|Danuta Bulhak-Paterson|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1444697689s/26591202.jpg|46613341] for instance.

A nice way to reinforce the good things about kindergarten (or even pre-school) to a little one. There are a handful of ways that the book shows its age, but nothing glaring.

Don't Call Me Special is a short and sweet book that talks about assumptions and treating people with respect and dignity. This book talks about how we should not make guesses based on appearances, and that we should not call people names. This book talks about both physical and cognitive disabilities.

This book is a great comparison for children to have. There is no one main character in this story. It is more like a "how to" book for children to understand different disabilities and how to interact around someone with a disability. It helps children to see that children with disabilities are just like them. There are things that are easy for us and hard for us. It is the same for those with disabilities.

This book is about disabilities. It talks about assumptions and how every person has things that they can and cannot do. It is an interactive book that asks the readers questions. It explains disabilities in a very inclusive way.

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This book covers what autism is and how it affects them. It would be great for special or general education classes to help with understanding and acceptance of peers. I loved this book and it made many connections to what we are taught in SPED classes in college. I think anyone could benefit from educating themselves more on people with disabilities, so I would highly recommend it.

A well-written children's book about exceptionalities and people's differences. I thought the author did a great job of mentioning a variety of different supports, services, and accommodations that many individuals with exceptionalities require on a daily basis. The book also briefly touches on the insecurities that some children may feel about being different than their peers. With an overall calming tone and inviting illustrations, this book is excellent an choice!

There are no main characters in the story, Don't Call Me Special: A First Look at Disability, however, there are many instances mentioned in this book that occur in real life amongst children with disabilities and children without disabilities. This story is beneficial for children without disabilities because it allows them to see through the lens of children who have disabilities and the struggles that they face. Based on this book, students are able to take away that they should not assume things about people with disabilities, because they are usually not true, and that children with disabilities may look different on the outside, but on the inside they are the have the same feelings as everyone else. Readers can also learn, that we all find things difficult, whether we have a disability or not. This book is great to challenge to readers with thinking about disabilities, by asking many questions. A beneficial lesson in this book could be to ask the questions to the class in order to have some participation and discussion amongst the students.

This book includes pictures to expand the child’s
understanding about grief, simply but realistically
exploring their feelings. The book promotes
interactions between the children and their parent and
teachers on social and emotional issues.

This book encourages children to accept and respect other children with different skin color and ethnicities. This book teaches students about racism and the kind of emotions one feels when they are affected by racism. In addition, leaves children with the lesson that we all may look different from the outside but we are all the same in the inside.

4-7
Amazon books

This book explains the natural part of life and why people die and some of causes of peoples deaths. The book explains the levels of grief and that it is okay to be sad and to find ways to cope with the death of a loved one and gives some suggestions on on ways to cope.