Subscribe This week, we took on a middle grade read called ‘Braced’, by Alyson Gerber. Our main character, Rachel, is a twelve year old girl who has scoliosis. What is scoliosis? Scoliosis is a condition that causes the spine to curve sideways. It is usually discovered around the time of puberty, when children are growing very quickly …
Why on earth is Jacob wearing an eye patch? Inquiring minds want to know … Lots of them! And they won’t stop asking about it. …Okay okay, I’ll spare you the suspense… Jacob wears an eye patch because he has amblyopia! (Huh?) Well, maybe the question we should start with is : who is Jacob? Jacob …
Subscribe. ‘Five Feet Apart’, by Rachel Lipincott, is a movie-turned-book that revolves around two teenagers with cystic fibrosis who find love in a hopeless place hospital. Being a young adult romance, it is definitely geared towards an older reading audience. Fast Facts on Cystic Fibrosis (CF) It is a genetic (inherited) disease. There is a …
Subscribe. In honor of National Allergy and Asthma Month (observed in May in the United States of America), today’s episode is about asthma. Asthma is the most common childhood chronic health condition, affecting over 5 million kids in the USA. The book I reviewed today is called ‘Iggy and the Inhalers’. This is a comic style book, …
Subscribe. In this episode we tackle two books! (yes, ambitious I know. But they were just so good I couldn’t decide). ‘Allergic’, written by Megan Wagner Lloyd, is a graphic novel, geared towards kids ages 8-12years. The main character Maggies loves animals and has dreamt of getting a dog. Unfortunately, her body does not share the love …
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Subscribe. Yay!! We’ve made it to episode 5! Thanks for celebrating this milestone with me! In this episode, we talked about autism and the book: ‘ Can you see Me?’ by Libby Scott and Rebecca Westscott. It’s a chapter book, written for the age group 8-12 years. This gem of a book was a collaborative effort between two …
Subscribe. Have you ever stopped to think about how much reading you do in a day? This webpage, the email your boss sent you this morning, that one groupchat that’s getting out of hand. If you’re a student you’ve got textbooks and research papers to deal with. If you’re an adult, you’ve got tax forms, …
Subscribe In this episode, we talk about seizures (and a bit about severe disabilities). The book of the week is “What the Wind Can Tell You” by Sarah Marie Jette. It is an incredible book featuring a Mexican American family hoping for a medication that can cure their son’s seizures, but they have to decide if that cost is …
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Subscribe In this episode, we talk about ‘El Deafo’, a graphic novel for kids ages 8-12years. It is written by Cece Bell, a talented author and illustrator. It is partly a memoir about the author’s life and experiences growing up with hearing loss that she acquired after having meningitis at 4 years of age. MUCH ADO …
Hello and welcome to Episode #1 of The Storytime Clinic!! Subscribe In this episode, we take a look at physical disability through the eyes of Ade, an almost-ten year old who is AWESOME at football – and also happens to need a leg brace because of a childhood polio infection. Ade lives in the book …