Knees the mixed-up world of a boy with dyslexia
A fourth grade boy struggles with his learning disability, dyslexia, but he earns the respect of his peers when he discovers he is good at basketball and makes the school team.
| Main Author: | Oelschlager, Vanita. |
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| Other Authors: | Rossi, Joe (Illustrator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[Akron, Ohio] :
VanitaBooks,
Ã2012.
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| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
A fourth grade boy struggles with his learning disability, dyslexia, but he earns the respect of his peers when he discovers he is good at basketball and makes the school team. |
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| Item Description: |
Cover and title page have the second E in the word "knees" reversed. |
| Physical Description: |
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| ISBN: |
9780982636695 0982636695 |
| Author Notes: |
Vanita Oelschlager is a wife, mother, grandmother, philanthropist, former teacher, current caregiver, author and poet. She is a graduate of Mt. Union College in Alliance, Ohio, where she currently serves as a Trustee. Vanita is also Writer in Residence for the Literacy Program at The University of Akron. She and her husband Jim received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society in 2006. She won the Congressional 'Angels in Adoption' Award for the state of Ohio in 2007 and was named National Volunteer of the Year by the MS society in 2008. She was honored as 2009 Woman Philanthropist of the Year by the Summit County United Way. In May 2011, Vanita received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from University of Mount Union. |