Why Me, Mama?

Everyone has something, sometimes you can see it & sometimes you can't.

"Why me, Mama?" A children's book about the disability experience

Rose the wee owl has a birthday coming up and they are planning her birthday party but she doesn't feel excited because she feels different from her friends and is worried that the other animals won't want to come to her party. As they travel around the park delivering invitations, Rose discovers that all the other animals have something that makes them different, too.

Various disabilities are individually highlighted in this book including facial paralysis/weakness, inability to abduct the eyes (Duane syndrome), club feet, cleft palate, mild, moderate & severe hypotonia, limb differences, strabismus, Autism, Pierre Robin sequence, Poland syndrome, developmental delay, speech, hearing, vision, feeding and respiratory difficulty.

These individual differences can all be found in Moebius syndrome.

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Why Me, Mama?

Everyone has something, sometimes you can see it & sometimes you can't.

"Why me, Mama?" A children's book about the disability experience

Rose the wee owl has a birthday coming up and they are planning her birthday party but she doesn't feel excited because she feels different from her friends and is worried that the other animals won't want to come to her party. As they travel around the park delivering invitations, Rose discovers that all the other animals have something that makes them different, too.

Various disabilities are individually highlighted in this book including facial paralysis/weakness, inability to abduct the eyes (Duane syndrome), club feet, cleft palate, mild, moderate & severe hypotonia, limb differences, strabismus, Autism, Pierre Robin sequence, Poland syndrome, developmental delay, speech, hearing, vision, feeding and respiratory difficulty.

These individual differences can all be found in Moebius syndrome.

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Why Me, Mama?

Why Me, Mama?

Why Me, Mama?

Why Me, Mama?

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Overview

Everyone has something, sometimes you can see it & sometimes you can't.

"Why me, Mama?" A children's book about the disability experience

Rose the wee owl has a birthday coming up and they are planning her birthday party but she doesn't feel excited because she feels different from her friends and is worried that the other animals won't want to come to her party. As they travel around the park delivering invitations, Rose discovers that all the other animals have something that makes them different, too.

Various disabilities are individually highlighted in this book including facial paralysis/weakness, inability to abduct the eyes (Duane syndrome), club feet, cleft palate, mild, moderate & severe hypotonia, limb differences, strabismus, Autism, Pierre Robin sequence, Poland syndrome, developmental delay, speech, hearing, vision, feeding and respiratory difficulty.

These individual differences can all be found in Moebius syndrome.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798985563511
Publisher: Acorn Cottage Press
Publication date: 07/24/2022
Edition description: Large Type
Pages: 48
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.12(d)
Age Range: 4 - 8 Years

About the Author

In addition to having a disability myself, my background is as a disability rights advocate, special education teacher, and school counselor. Growing up with Cystic Fibrosis - I had a disability that you couldn't see. Now having a little one with a visible disability, I know how important representation is.I live on Cape Cod with my husband Arden and our girls Rose and Magnolia. When not working on this project or surviving a pandemic, you can find us swimming, boating, drinking champagne, renovating, and eating potluck dinners with friends
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