Imagine Me on a Sit-Ski!

Authors

George Moran

Illustrator

Nadine Bernard Westcott

Publisher

Albert Whitman & Company

Publication Year

1994

ISBN

9780807536186

Pages

32 pages

Genre

realism

Format

picture book

Item Type

Fiction

Annotation

Billy and his classmates, who are physically challenged, learn that they can go skiing just like other youngsters when they are fitted with special equipment, such as a sit-ski, and feel the freedom and exhilaration of a sport from which they once were excluded.

Grade Level

K-3; 3-5

Diversity Topics

Disability and Health; Physical disability; Developmental disability; wheelchair user; cerebral palsy

Main Character

male child

Race/Ethnicities

multiple

Keywords

skiing; accessibility; field trip; worry; sit-ski; adaptive equipment; sports; classmates

Diversity Impact

direct

STARS Citation

Moran, George, "Imagine Me on a Sit-Ski!" (1994). Diverse Families. 1958.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1958