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My pal, Victor = Mi amigo, Victor / written by / escrito por Diane Gonzales Bertrand ; illustrated by / ilustrado por Robert L. Sweetland ; translated by / traducción por Eida de la Vega.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: engspa Publication details: Green Bay, Wis. : Raven Tree Press, c2004.Description: 32 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 0972019294 (hc.)
Other title:
  • Mi amigo, Victor
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PZ73 .B4446 2004
Awards:
  • Schneider Family Book Award.
Summary: Two latino boys experience carefree camaraderie despite one boy's disability. Fun and friendship overpower physical limitations. Why do we choose the friends we do? Victor tells heart-booming ghost stories, claps the loudest at Dominic's baseball games, and performs a fabulous floating frog stroke. Children will see themselves and their friends in these engaging and often comical everyday activities. The last page of the book shows Victor in his wheelchair. Here Dominic quips, "But, the most important thing about my pal, Victor, is that he likes me just the way I am." A heartwarming twist on the typical "disability" story. Soft pastel color pencil drawings capture the realistic aspects as well as the fantasy world explored in this touching tale. Winner of ALA's (American Library Association) Schneider Family Award. New York Reading Association Recommended Reading List. Full text translation in both English and Spanish. Keyword vocabulary page included to introduce words in both languages.
List(s) this item appears in: Schneider Family Book Award
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Juvenile Collection Juvenile Collection Albright College Library Juvenile Fiction and Non-Fiction Children's collection J-Fic B548m (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 31856002135877
Total holds: 0

Two latino boys experience carefree camaraderie despite one boy's disability. Fun and friendship overpower physical limitations. Why do we choose the friends we do? Victor tells heart-booming ghost stories, claps the loudest at Dominic's baseball games, and performs a fabulous floating frog stroke. Children will see themselves and their friends in these engaging and often comical everyday activities. The last page of the book shows Victor in his wheelchair. Here Dominic quips, "But, the most important thing about my pal, Victor, is that he likes me just the way I am." A heartwarming twist on the typical "disability" story. Soft pastel color pencil drawings capture the realistic aspects as well as the fantasy world explored in this touching tale. Winner of ALA's (American Library Association) Schneider Family Award. New York Reading Association Recommended Reading List. Full text translation in both English and Spanish. Keyword vocabulary page included to introduce words in both languages.

Parallel English and Spanish texts = Textos paralelos en inglés y español.

Schneider Family Book Award.

Schneider Family Book Award.

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