Everybody gets angry sometimes. And for children, anger can be very upsetting and frightening. Ain this Caldecott Honor book, children will see what Sophie does when she gets angry. Parents, teachers, and children can talk about it. People do lots of different things when they get angry. What you do? --from the back cover of the book.
In January 1988 Martin Pistorius, aged twelve, fell inexplicably sick. First he lost his voice and stopped eating. Then he slept constantly and shunned human contact. Doctors were mystified. Within eighteen months he was mute and wheelchair-bound. Martin's parents were told an unknown degenerative disease left him with the mind of a baby and less than two years to live. Martin was moved to c…
Zoo animals from polar bear to walrus make their distinctive sound for each other, while children imitate the sounds for the zookeeper.
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