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"Meet Peter! He loves the drums and gym. He also has Down Syndrome. Peter is real and so are his experiences. Learn about his life in this illustrated narrative nonfiction picture book for elementary students"--

"Born in 1975, Kirstin Heddens entered a world where parents were being encouraged to place children with Down syndrome in institutions. But that world was beginning to change, with deinstitutionalization movements and the passage of laws requiring public education for all students. Able to grow up at home with her family, Kirstin enjoyed a typical childhood, attended public school with her peers, and went on to seek her own version of the American...

Fine Motor Skills for Children with Down Syndrome, now available in a completely revised third edition, is an accessible guide to helping toddlers, teens, and even adults develop the hand skills they need for daily living. Written by a veteran occupational therapist and parent of an adult with Down syndrome, it presents an easy-to-understand visual model of the building blocks of fine motor development- stability, bilateral coordination, and sensation-which...

"Up and Adam follows Adam, a young boy with Down syndrome, and his faithful dog, Up, as they help their town rebuild after a storm. The seaside town of Portville has been hit by a giant storm, and now it's up to the residents to clean up and rebuild. When the mayor gives a speech calling for people to get "up and at 'em," Adam and his dog, Up, take it as a personal calling and set out to lend a hand. "We can help," says Adam. And they do! Adam and...

Jamie likes to pretend he's a superhero. With his cape and gadgets, he feels like he can face anything. When his picture is chosen to be shown in Times Square for the NDSS Buddy Walk®, his family travels to New York City to see it. As he makes his way through the loud, busy, unfamiliar city, Jamie discovers that he doesn't have all his special tools. But he soon realizes that it isn't what he wears or the gadgets he uses that make him brave--it's...

Collects the adventures of a private corporation known as Foresight who send four astronauts on a suicide mission to save the world from an asteroid.

Ten-year-old Liam and his two younger sisters, precocious third-grader Dakota and second-grader Izzy, who has Down syndrome, face the possibility of losing their beloved dog, Cupcake, who keeps urinating on their apartment's carpet.

Jillian Daugherty was born with Down syndrome. The day her parents, Paul and Kerry, brought her home from the hospital, they were flooded with worry and uncertainty, but also with overwhelming love, which they channeled to "the job of building the better Jillian." They knew their daughter had special needs, but they refused to have her grow up needy. They were resolved that Jillian's potential would not be limited by preconceptions of who she was...

As a mother of a child with Down syndrome, Steffanie invites you to share her view on it, which is vastly different than most. With her firsthand experience, the input from many other mothers and her faith in Christ, she felt compelled to share her belief with the world that having a child with Down syndrome is truly a blessing and there's purpose behind it (John 9:1-3).--back cover.