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""This is an awesome and colorful book showing how children with disabilities can do things just like their peers. The book encourages making decisions and choices in real world situations. The photographs were awesome as well."" - VS, Verified Purchaser In MyaGrace Wants to Get Ready, a young girl with disabilities delights us with her enthusiasm as she gets ready to attend her school dance. MyaGrace bubbles over with joy every step of the way as she crosses items off her list. MyaGrace has to choose her dress, her shoes, and her jewelry. Then she's off to the best time ever at the beauty salon where she has a wonderful surprise. It's so much fun getting ready for a school dance with MyaGrace and of course, she has to practice dancing, too! By sharing MyaGrace's story we celebrate her many strengths and abilities. MyaGrace has intellectual disabilities and cerebral palsy. ""I am loving Finding My Way books. Having more than one book that follows the same young person (such as this one) is a terrific idea! Real stories with photographs make the teachable moments and situations perfect for young students. Keep up the fantastic work - we need more inclusive books like these.""- Lori Eigenman, Ed.S ""This is a fun story of self-determination, highlighting a real child's inclusion in a fun extra-curricular activity. MyaGrace's excitement and joy is evident in the beautiful photographs!""- Becky Drews, MS.Ed Special Education MyaGrace Wants to Get Ready is the second title in the Growing with Grace series that follows MyaGrace as she grows up.

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Finding My Way Books: Bilingual Books Starring Kids With Special Needs The books are written by a team of educators and professionals who have combined years of experience in working with children with special needs; they launched the series to help increase the visibility of kids with disabilities in children's books through authentic stories. Realistic, accessible, and uplifting, these books are an important resource not only for kids who have special needs but for broader audiences of children who can learn from the protagonists'' strengths, challenges, and achievements. All books available in English and Spanish. Lydia Breiseth Colorin Colorado

Finding My Way Books: Bilingual Books Starring Kids With Special Needs The books are written by a team of educators and professionals who have combined years of experience in working with children with special needs; they launched the series to help increase the visibility of kids with disabilities in children's books through authentic stories. Realistic, accessible, and uplifting, these books are an important resource not only for kids who have special needs but for broader audiences of children who can learn from the protagonists'' strengths, challenges, and achievements. All books available in English and Spanish. Lydia Breiseth Color n Colorado

MyaGrace Wants To Make Music is an exciting new title from a series featuring true stories of inclusion and the development of skills needed for self-determination. Finding My Way Books, the publisher, promotes books about real children who deal with special needs or disabilities... It is especially effective that the story is written from the viewpoint and in the voice of the child, MyaGrace. Other titles by the same authors from this publisher and series that are also highly recommended include: MyaGrace Wants To Get Ready I Don't Know If I Want a Puppy, Marco and I Want To Play Ball, I Want To Be Like Poppin' Joe, and Kaitlyn Wants To See Ducks. Midwest Book Review Stories are magic. Good stories change lives and cultures. Finding My Way Books are spectacular story resources that feature youth and adults living inclusive lives. Beautifully illustrated with photographs and delightfully presented for kids and adults alike. The teaching guides are thoughtful and doable. A great resource for every family and classroom. Jack Pearpoint Inclusion Press; Marsha Forest Centre www.inclusion.com Finding My Way Books: Bilingual Books Starring Kids With Special Needs The books are written by a team of educators and professionals who have combined years of experience in working with children with special needs; they launched the series to help increase the visibility of kids with disabilities in children's books through authentic stories. Realistic, accessible, and uplifting, these books are an important resource not only for kids who have special needs but for broader audiences of children who can learn from the protagonists'' strengths, challenges, and achievements. All books available in English and Spanish. Lydia Breiseth Colorin Colorado

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Vera Lynne Stroup-Rentier worked professionally in Early Childhood and Special Education programming for 25 years. She has a PhD in Special Education from the University of Kansas and is currently working at Westat. Vera is passionate about the inclusion of each and every child in settings where they would be if they did not have a disability. Parenting two children with special needs enrich her life. Mary Birdsell is a professional photographer and a former Speech and Theatre teacher. She strives to create images that reflect the strengths of each child. Mary's background in education, theatre, and photography intersect as she visually creates our books. She uses colors and shapes to tell a story. For her, each book is like its own theatre production. Jo Meserve Mach (author) spent 36 years as an Occupational Therapist. She is very passionate about sharing the stories of children with special needs. Jo embraces the joy that individuals with disabilities bring to our communities through their unique gifts. Jo is the cofounder of Finding My Way Books, which offers tools to help children without disabilities realize that children with disabilities are kids just like them. Readers and teachers love her books, which they describe as great, fabulous, which showcase how a person with a disability can be a mentor to others, and make the teachable moments and situations perfect for young students. They are recommended for parents, teachers, elementary school libraries, homeschoolers, and anyone who wants a more just and inclusive world.

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