Title
What's Wrong with Timmy?
Illustrator
Sandra Speidel
Publisher
Little, Brown
Publication Year
2001
ISBN
9780316233378
Pages
48 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Making friends with a mentally retarded boy helps Kate learn that the two of them have a lot in common.
Grade Level
PK-1; K-3
Lexile Measure
650L
Diversity Topics
Disability and Health; Developmental disability; Illness; Learning disability; Physical disability; wheelchair user; intellectual disability; cognitive processing; polio
Main Character
female child; male child
Race/Ethnicities
White
Keywords
special needs; mental retardation (MR); recess; school; friends; friendship; basketball; empathy
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Shriver, Maria, "What's Wrong with Timmy?" (2001). Diverse Families. 2128.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/2128