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""This is a wonderful story, complimented with beautiful photographs. Children will relate to the joy in learning to do something that is important to them, especially when it's something they can participate in with their family!"" - Becky Drews, MS. Ed Special Education In MyaGrace Wants to Make Music, a young girl with disabilities shares her favorite activity. She loves to go to her weekly piano lesson! Everyone in her family plays a musical instrument and she wants to learn how to play so she can join them for family music time. MyaGrace is fun and sweet as she shares her thoughts and hopes. Her emotions distract her at times, but her wonderful piano teacher builds on her love for certain notes and helps her discover that she is capable of doing much more than make noise. This beautifully photographed story captures the joy in realizing what it means to make music and to be included. It demonstrates that inclusion can always be possible when everyone is open to possibilities. By sharing MyaGrace's story we celebrate her many strengths and abilities. MyaGrace has intellectual disabilities and cerebral palsy. ""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....It is especially effective that the story is written from the viewpoint and in the voice of the child."" - Midwest Book Review ""What a wonderful book! Love that they used real people, real stories and photos vs drawings. This book would be great to use with classrooms working on including children with special needs or just to help students learn and understand that all children are more alike than different. The whole series of books that goes along with this one should be in all elementary school libraries!"" - Lori A. Eigenman, Ed.S. MyaGrace Wants to Make Music is the first title in the Growing With Grace series that follows MyaGrace as she grows up.

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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. Filled with color photo portraits and brief narrative explanatory text, MyaGrace Wants To Make Music appeals to kids who might have reading skills at K-2 or less. MyaGrace is excited because she wants to learn to make music like the other members of her family. Each of her three brothers and both her parents play different musical instruments. MyaGrace is beginning to learn to play piano. A touching visual narrative shows MyaGrace attending her piano lesson with her piano teacher, Cathie. Cathie introduces MyaGrace to the piano keyboard and encourages her to use both hands to play notes on the piano, after practicing. When MyaGrace is distracted by another sound from outside, Cathie redirects her to the lesson and making music on the piano. She even helps MyaGrace to compose her own song and learn to clap the rhythm and play it, also writing it down for her. MyaGrace is happy and proud of her accomplishment and growing ability to make music with her family. MyaGrace Wants to Make Music is described as a true story promoting inclusion and self-determination. It is a very inspiring book. In addition to the story, there is a MyaGrace Wants To Make Music index listing specific self-determination skills and more, a Family Guide for Promoting Self-Determination, and Classroom Activities for 'MyaGrace Wants To Make Music.' 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 (978096835794), I Don't Know If I Want a Puppy (9780990354338), Marco and I Want To Play Ball (9780990354376), I Want To Be Like Poppin' Joe (9780990354321), and Kaitlyn Wants To See Ducks (9780990354314). Midwest Book Review

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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. 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. Vera 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. 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. Mary 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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