We Can Do It!

By Laura Dwight

Book Overview

A positive look at the world of five pre-school children who all have a disability: Gina has spina bifida, David has Downs Syndrome, Sarah is blind, and Jewel and Nano both have cerebral palsy. Nevertheless, WE CAN DO IT shows the children living happy lives because they believe in themselves. Illustrated in colour.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1887734341
• ISBN13: 9781887734349
• Release Date: January 1970
• Publisher: Star Bright Books, Incorporated
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.1" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

I love this book!

I think this book should be in the library of every preschool and kindergarten in the country. In a world that focuses on what people with disabilities can't do, its beautiful photos show all the things these kids *can* do.

children first, disabilities second

This marvelous book shows five different children going about their lives with their disabilities visible, but demystified. The title really says it all: We can do it! We can do lots of things! The journalistically styled photos show each child in ordinary situations as a child first, and a child with a disability second. My favorite photo is the one of the boy in his walker playing in the sprinkler; seeing his joy reminds of another famous photo of children playing under a street sprinkler, and of my own childhood. This must be why little children love this book. They get to examine children who are a little different having fun. Perhaps it helps them answer their unasked questions. But believe me, small children LOVE this book.

A lively book of photographs of special children as children

We Can Do It has photographs of 5 children with Down Syndrome, spina bifida, blindness and cerebral palsy having fun and enjoying ordinary activities at home and at school. The unposed (I think!) photographs are refreshing and inspiring to anyone who has an interest in special needs children, focusing on their abilities. I think it will become a classic.