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Title: Do Bananas Chew Gum? by Jamie Gilson ISBN: 0-688-15294-5 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 24 April, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: From Experience
Comment: I strongly disagree with the review that states this book is not positive and allows institutions to rationalize the learning disabled. I have dyslexia and have successfully graduated from top undergrad and law schools. This book made me feel less alone at a time when dyslexia was little understood and it also allowed me to see that "stupid" is a relative term defined mainly by the ignorant. We each have different strengths and weaknesses and this book celebrates that while at the same time illustrating that weaknesses may be improved upon with hard work.
Rating: 5
Summary: i agree with jake
Comment: I agree with everything the review below stated about how this book is triumphant and affirming of the main character. Furthermore, it is affirming of all of the main characters. Everyone, from Mrs. Glass, who learns not to sell herself short as a working woman; to Alicia, who learns that although "book smarts" come easy to her, she will have to work hard to develop her "people skills"; to Sam, who learns to value his mathmatical abilities, and stop considering himself as stupid because he has difficulties with reading.
I would like to take issue with the reviewer who criticized the book because Sam claims that his small reading victory is comparable to swimming a great distance. Why is that statement so offensive? In my mind any educational process, if you're really trying to learn and not simply going through the motions, feels exactly like that. I've always been a good student, but that doesn't mean that I didn't have to work hard to learn new things. That feeling of exhaustion and pride that you've really concentrated your efforts to learn something new shouldn't be a source of shame, it should be a source of pride.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Lifelong Favorite
Comment: I first read this book with my father when I was seven. I am now 23 and have re-read it many times. It deals with serious issues in a clever and funny way. I think most kids can relate to this story on some level. Everyone has felt like they are behind, or unable to follow a class. Everyone knows what its like to not fit in. Many people know what it's like to be the new kid in school. I had a lot of problems in school for my first three years. I didn't have a learning dissability, I just had trouble focusing. Consequently, I was often behind in my classwork and felt ashamed and slightly outcast. Finally, my parents realized I needed a more creative type of education and enrolled me in an experimental school. I excelled and proceeded to a brilliant academic career. I think this book suggests, not that students with different learning needs be sent to "special classrooms", but that their problems may result from a failed approach in the classroom. I think different kids, just like adults, need to be stimulated in different ways in order to absorb information. Sam's regular teachers failed to give him the skills and confidence he needed. Sam taking a few out of class tests dosen't mean he will spend time being in a "special" environment. It means he had someone help him in a new and creative way. It also gave him the confidence to believe in himself. This book is a total triumph. He starts out feeling like a friendless loser. By the end of the book Sam has two great friends, is begining to believe that he is smart, starts to see the skills he took for granted such as his math abilities, learns responsibility and that adults trust him. What isn't triumphant about that?
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Title: My Name Is Brain Brian by Jeanne Betancourt ISBN: 0590449222 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: 01 November, 1996 List Price(USD): $4.50 |
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Title: 6th Grade Can Really Kill You by Barthe Declements ISBN: 0140371303 Publisher: Puffin Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1995 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Night of the Twisters by Ivy Ruckman ISBN: 0064401766 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 25 September, 1986 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: How Dyslexic Benny Became a Star: A Story of Hope for Dyslexic Children & Their Parents by Joe Griffith, Jenny Schulz ISBN: 0965937909 Publisher: Yorktown Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: This Island Isn't Big Enough for the Four of Us! by Gery Greer ISBN: 0064402037 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 15 February, 1989 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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