All Kinds of Friends, Even Green!
Publisher
Woodbone House
Publication Year
2002
ISBN
9781890627355
Pages
29 pages
Genre
biography
Format
picture book
Item Type
Nonfiction
Annotation
In a school assignment, seven-year-old Moses, who has spina bifida and uses a wheelchair, reflects that his neighbor's disabled iguana resembles him because they both have figured out how to get where they want to be in different ways than those around them.
Grade Level
PK-1; K-3
Diversity Topics
Disability and Health; Physical disability; Developmental disability; wheelchair user; spina bifida; sacral agenesis
Main Character
male child
Race/Ethnicities
multiple
Awards
Skipping Stones Honor Award, 2003, Winner, Multicultural And International
Keywords
class; pets; friendship; iguana; writing assignment
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Senisi, Ellen B., "All Kinds of Friends, Even Green!" (2002). Diverse Families. 1595.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1595