This Little Wonder: A No-Limits Primer

by Joan Holub, Daniel Roode (Illustrator)

Overview

Learn all about important leaders with disabilities in this engaging board book in the bestselling This Little series!

Now even the youngest readers can learn all about important people whose wonderful talents shine bright from the disability community. Highlighting ten memorable people who paved the way, parents and little ones alike will love this discovery primer full of fun, age-appropriate facts and bold illustrations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781665912075
Publisher:	Little Simon
Publication date:	08/16/2022
Series:	This Little Series
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	26
File size:	34 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Joan Holub has authored and/or illustrated over 140 children’s books, including the Goddess Girls series, the Heroes in Training series, the New York Times bestselling picture book Mighty Dads (illustrated by James Dean), and Little Red Writing (illustrated by Melissa Sweet). She lives in North Carolina and is online at JoanHolub.com.

Daniel Roode is an illustrator and designer who draws inspiration from his French heritage, mid-century modern design, pop art, and nature. Daniel creates the bulk of his art digitally, an appropriate medium for his clean yet tactile aesthetic that has a distinct joie de vivre. He resides in Nashville, Tennessee, with his amazing wife Laura and their two funny cats.

Editorial Reviews

2022-09-28
A peek at contemporary and historical figures with disabilities.

Holub introduces young readers to 10 racially diverse people, deeming each a “little wonder.” Subjects’ disabilities include limb difference, blindness, and Down syndrome; individuals covered have flourished in fields such as music, sports, and law. On each spread, a singsong rhyme notes the subject’s accomplishment on the verso. On the recto, two sentences provide further background, accompanied by a friendly, bobble-headed caricature. An entry on American scientist Temple Grandin notes, “This little wonder / helps us to understand / the behavior of animals / raised on farmland”; on the facing page, a smiling Grandin pats a cow as the text explains that her “sensitivity to sound and touch due to autism has helped her suggest better ways of treating animals.” Other subjects include Irish author and artist Christy Brown, who had cerebral palsy and used his toes to write and paint, and Indian American musician Sujeet Desai, the first person with Down syndrome to perform at Carnegie Hall. Illustrated with cartoon headshots, condensed nods to 15 additional figures include enslaved American abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who had epilepsy, and Chinese Paralympic wheelchair fencer Alison Yu Chui Yee. Unfortunately, the author’s characterization of successful disabled people as “wonders” suggests that their achievements are surprising, casting a patronizing pall over the ensemble. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

A well-meaning effort spoiled by problematic framing. (Board book. 2-4)

Kirkus Reviews