Good for Otto

Good for Otto
Author: David Rabe
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2017-03-16
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0822235862

A psychologist tries to keep the health center he runs in rural Connecticut afloat, battling insurance companies and his own demons, while ministering to the distressed souls who find their way to his door.

My Brother Otto

My Brother Otto
Author: Meg Raby
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Total Pages: 21
Release: 2019-03-19
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1423652908

This engaging picture book shows everyday life with little crow siblings when one of them is on the autism spectrum. My Brother Otto is a child-friendly, endearing, and fun picture book for children about the love, acceptance, and understanding a sister, Piper, has for her little brother Otto, who is on the autism spectrum. The book provides explanations for Otto’s differences and quirkiness in an easy-to-understand language, and highlights Otto’s desires for adventure and love—just like his peers. To be more specific, My Brother Otto is a sweet story about a sister and a brother who engage in common, everyday experiences in their own unique way with the idea that kindness and understanding always win! Lexile: 570L Meg Raby holds a Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology with a certification in Autism Spectrum Disorders from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, and has several years of experience working with children ages 2–17 on the autism spectrum. Meg recently started a booming handle on Instagram, called @bedtime.stories.forevermore, promoting literacy and highlighting only the best in children’s books. This is her first book. Elisa Pallmer studied design at Escuela de Diseño del INBA and English Literature at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Her focus is on illustrations for children, and she lives in Mexico City.

Visiting Edna and Good for Otto

Visiting Edna and Good for Otto
Author: David Rabe
Publisher: Grove Press
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2017-06-13
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 0802189601

Two plays exploring the struggle of mental illness by the Tony Award–winning “giant of American theater” and author of Hurlyburly (Chicago Tribune). Good for Otto, which premiered in October 2015 at the Gift Theatre in Chicago, is a “sprawling drama of mental illness” in which “Mr. Rabe digs into his subject with a depth that almost feels bottomless.” Drawing on material from Undoing Depression by psychotherapist Richard O’Connor, it explores the lives of a therapist and his many patients, all trying to navigate personal trauma (Charles Isherwood, The New York Times). Visiting Edna, which premiered in September 2016 at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, is a drama of “deeply searing power” about the bond between mother and son. As Edna faces a short future plagued by her many illnesses—and a cancer that looms so large it becomes another character—she and her adult son struggle to communicate about their shared past as they contemplate the future (Variety). Taken together, the plays offer a satisfying glimpse into “Rabe’s theatrical universe . . . at once vivid and mysterious, a pageant and a puzzle” of contemporary American life (John Lahr, The New Yorker). “Many would list [Rabe] among the very greatest of living playwrights.” —Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune

Otto the Book Bear

Otto the Book Bear
Author: Katie Cleminson
Publisher: Hyperion
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2012-01-31
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781423145622

Otto lives in a book and is happiest when his story is being read. But Otto has a secret: when no one is looking and the mood strikes, Otto walks right off of his book's pages! Full color.

The Good Old Days--they Were Terrible!

The Good Old Days--they Were Terrible!
Author: Otto Bettmann
Publisher: Random House (NY)
Total Pages: 234
Release: 1974
Genre: History
ISBN:

Looks at the negative aspects of American society between the 1860s and the early 1900s, including housing, education, food, travel, work, and health, illustrated with contemporary cartoons, prints, and photographs.

Otto's Backwards Day

Otto's Backwards Day
Author: Frank Cammuso
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2013-08-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1935179330

Someone stole Otto's birthday! To get his presents back, Otto needs to solve a slew of puzzles—but his greatest challenge comes at his journey's end. Kirkus Reviews declares this book "a snappy follow-up to Otto's Orange Day."

Otto Grows Down

Otto Grows Down
Author: Michael Sussman
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2009
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781402747038

When time goes backwards, granting six-year-old Otto his wish that his attention-stealing baby sister was never born, it keeps going backwards, and Otto finds himself getting younger and younger.

Otto Goes to Bed

Otto Goes to Bed
Author: Todd Parr
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 27
Release: 2008-12-14
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0316055034

Meet Otto! "Woof, woof!" It's time for bed, but Otto doesn't want to go. Do you feel like that sometimes? What do you think Otto will do? Open this book and find out!

Visiting Edna

Visiting Edna
Author: David Rabe
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2017-09-29
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 0822235900

Edna has suffered losses as she has aged, and now she faces a late-life cancer diagnosis. Edna’s son, Andrew, is home for a visit. Together they try to bridge the gulf between the love they shared in his childhood and the polite but baffling relationship they now live with. Mother and son stumble toward honesty as they wrestle with the phantoms—both mundane and profound—that keep them from real connection.