Niagara Falls, Or Does It?

Niagara Falls, Or Does It?
Author: Henry Winkler
Publisher: ABDO
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2006
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781599611082

Fourth-graders Hank, Ashley, and Frankie are excitedly preparing for a magic show at the Rock 'N Bowl when Hank's creative alternative to an English essay lands him in detention and grounded the week of the show.

Diary of a Dyslexic School Kid

Diary of a Dyslexic School Kid
Author: Alais Winton
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2019-10-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1784508144

Experience day-to-day life for a dyslexic kid, including school life, bullying and coping with tests and homework, in this frank and funny diary. Co-authored with a teenage boy with dyslexia and illustrated with cartoons, this is a positive yet honest look at the difficulties of being dyslexic. Using a simple and relatable approach, the authors display the ups and downs of school - and home - life with a reading difficulty, focussing on the sometimes overwhelming experience of being at a bigger school and studying loads of new subjects. Providing tips for what really helps and works based on real-life experience, this fun, accessible book shows teens and tweens with dyslexia that they are far from alone in their experiences.

I Hate Reading

I Hate Reading
Author: Beth Bacon
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2020-06-16
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0062962531

I Hate Reading is a highly visual chapter book designed to help even the most reluctant reader breeze through reading time, feel successful at reading, and even laugh! Get reluctant readers reading with I Hate Reading! OK. So, you have to read for 20 minutes, but you don’t want to. Maybe your mom or dad or teacher even has a timer—yikes! If you have to read, but you don’t like reading, this book is for you! If someone’s bugging you to open a book, grab this one. In this book, you’ll zoom through 20 minutes of reading . . . without really reading! Did you know that 65% of 4th graders in the US read below grade level? Learning to read can be frustrating. But it can also be fun. I Hate Reading by Beth Bacon validates the experience of reluctant readers and rewards them with laughter.

Defeat Dyslexia!

Defeat Dyslexia!
Author: Holly Swinton
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2016-04-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9781530552207

Jargon-free and easy to read, Defeat Dyslexia! is the practical guide for busy parents and carers. Find out with what dyslexia really means for your child's reading, spelling, maths, and other areas of learning, including music, languages, and sport. Then discover straightforward, positive ways to help your dyslexic child to excel, in school and in life. Using Defeat Dyslexia!, you'll gather facts, advice, and inspiration from a dyslexia expert who is also proudly dyslexic. With this book, you can: Spot Dyslexia Identify signs of possible dyslexia, including hidden clues. Find out about overlapping conditions, like dyscalculia, dyspraxia, ADHD, and autism. Understand Dyslexia Get to grips with the strengths and weaknesses of dyslexia. Make the diagnosis process stress-free. Defeat Dyslexia! Learn the quick and easy 'first steps' for supporting your child. Create a long-term plan of action for learning success. It's time to defeat the demons of dyslexia - and embrace the best of what it means to be dyslexic.

Just Ask!

Just Ask!
Author: Sonia Sotomayor
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 21
Release: 2019-09-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0525514139

Justice Sonia Sotomayor and award-winning artist Rafael Lopez create a kind and caring book about the differences that make each of us unique. A #1 New York Times bestseller! Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award! Feeling different, especially as a kid, can be tough. But in the same way that different types of plants and flowers make a garden more beautiful and enjoyable, different types of people make our world more vibrant and wonderful. In Just Ask, United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor celebrates the different abilities kids (and people of all ages) have. Using her own experience as a child who was diagnosed with diabetes, Justice Sotomayor writes about children with all sorts of challenges--and looks at the special powers those kids have as well. As the kids work together to build a community garden, asking questions of each other along the way, this book encourages readers to do the same: When we come across someone who is different from us but we're not sure why, all we have to do is Just Ask. Praise for Just Ask: * "Addressing topics too often ignored, this picture book presents information in a direct and wonderfully child-friendly way." --Booklist, *STARRED REVIEW* "An affirmative, delightfully diverse overview of disabilities." --Kirkus Reviews "A hopeful and sunny exploration of the many things that make us unique [with] dynamic and vibrant illustrations [that] emphasize each character’s unique abilities. . . . A thoughtful and empathetic story of inclusion." --SLJ

Hacking the Code

Hacking the Code
Author: Gea (Geesje) Meijering
Publisher: Icare Press
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2021-04-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781736626108

Hacking the Code: Children's book which is visually appealing, humorous and kid-friendly, for a broad group of readers from 8 - 80 years, and also to reluctant readers. It contains over 80 black and white illustrations and has a word count of 17,250. Kees is a dyslexic elementary schooler who really struggles with reading and writing and thinks school is a nightmare. His self-esteem is low, and he often feels stupid. Except when he and his best friend, Pete, dream up pranks, which they often pull off with members of their secret friends group. After another prank (a pretty good one), the principal has it and gives Kees and Pete a rather unusual punishment. They earn the dreadful task of writing a two-page essay about what they find to be the hardest thing they have ever done. In the painful writing process, Kees discovers there are particular times he has found difficult or which have made him feel sad, but he also figures out what he is good at and that he isn't stupid, after all. Dyslexia gives him superpowers.

Mary's Hair

Mary's Hair
Author: Eoin Colfer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781781125106

Imelda's mam has just dropped a vase at the sight of Mary Leary. It must be because Mary's given herself a new haircut, and now she looks like a supermodel. Which does not explain why Mary's mam is looking so angry.

Overcoming Dyslexia (2020 Edition)

Overcoming Dyslexia (2020 Edition)
Author: Sally Shaywitz, M.D.
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 610
Release: 2005-01-04
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0679781595

COMPLETELY REVISED AND UPDATED From one of the world's preeminent experts on reading and dyslexia, the most comprehensive, up-to-date, and practical book available on identifying, understanding, and overcoming reading problems--now revised to reflect the latest research and evidence-based approaches. Dyslexia is the most common learning disorder on the planet, affecting about one in five individuals, regardless of age or gender. Now a world-renowned expert gives us a substantially updated and augmented edition of her classic work: drawing on an additional fifteen years of cutting-edge research, offering new information on all aspects of dyslexia and reading problems, and providing the tools that parents, teachers, and all dyslexic individuals need. This new edition also offers: • New material on the challenges faced by dyslexic individuals across all ages • Rich information on ongoing advances in digital technology that have dramatically increased dyslexics' ability to help themselves • New chapters on diagnosing dyslexia, choosing schools and colleges for dyslexic students, the co-implications of anxiety, ADHD, and dyslexia, and dyslexia in post-menopausal women • Extensively updated information on helping both dyslexic children and adults become better readers, with a detailed home program to enhance reading • Evidence-based universal screening for dyslexia as early as kindergarten and first grade – why and how • New information on how to identify dyslexia in all age ranges • Exercises to help children strengthen the brain areas that control reading • Ways to raise a child's self-esteem and reveal her strengths • Stories of successful men, women, and young adults who are dyslexic