With the Wind
Illustrator
Stephen Marchesi
Publisher
Orchard Books
Publication Year
1991
ISBN
9780531058824
Pages
26 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
When a boy who spends most of his time in a wheelchair rides a horse, he finds freedom, power, joy, and strength.
Grade Level
PK-1; K-3
Diversity Topics
Disabilty and Health; Physical disability; wheelchair user; child in a wheelchair
Main Character
male child
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
unknown
Keywords
horses; learning to ride a horse; leg braces; freedom; empowerment; confidence
Diversity Impact
indirect
STARS Citation
Damrell, Liz, "With the Wind" (1991). Diverse Families. 1579.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1579