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These brief biographies, insightfully presented by an author with a physical disability herself, may motivate readers to do further research on these inspiring women.--Booklist Unstoppable: Women with Disabilities is an inspirational showcase of female role models, highly recommended for both school and public library children's collections.-- MBR: Children's Bookwatch An eclectic, accessible, and upbeat introduction to accomplished disabled women. -- Kirkus Reviews

An eclectic, accessible, and upbeat introduction to accomplished disabled women. -- Kirkus Reviews

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Helen Wolfe's forty-year career has spanned across education, publishing, and social work. She has written over thirty teachers' guides for books as well as for a documentary about blind adults. Helen also has a lifelong physical disability, which requires her to use crutches, a wheelchair, and a scooter. In writing Unstoppable, Helen has instilled her empathy, life experiences, and insights about being a person with a disability. She lives in Toronto. Karen Patkau graduated from the University of Manitoba with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours degree, and became interested in visual storytelling while studying for her Master of Visual Arts degree at the University of Alberta. She has been writing and illustrating for many years. Her work appears in children's picture books, educational publications, posters, advertisements, magazines, package designs, greeting cards and art exhibitions. Karen has a life-long disability and walks with a prosthetic leg. Karen lives in Toronto.

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