Taking Down Syndrome to School (Special Kids in School) Paperback – February 19, 2002

I used this book to read to my son's 4th grade class for World Down Syndrome Day. We have 2 girls with Down syndrome so I wanted to bring awareness, but a lot of the books out there are geared towards younger kids. This book was great for his age group (9-10) and sparked lots of fantastic questions and interesting discussions about Down syndrome and disabilities in general. I bought this book on a recommendation from a friend and I'm so glad I did! My son's teacher asked me to come back next year and read it again to her new class. :)

I am a school psychologist and i bought this to use at school for Down Syndrome Day. It seemed too in-depth for kindergarten but I read it with first grade, skimming over a few parts. I read the whole thing with older elementary students. It addresses teasing and the use of the "r-word."

Perfect for my son's 4th grade class presentation.

Nice and simple way to explain at school what are the similarities and differences between typical kids and Down Syndrome ones. It shows how important is to understand the differences and respect and have empathy towards the limitations one child can have.

I think this is an awful book, and would never read this to my child. I cannot imagine being described as this child was in this book This child's eyes were described as being so slanted that people could possibly forget what color they are. The statement is made they these children learn much slower. In some subjects, very true, in others, these children learn at the same rate, and our Zoey has exceeded some of her classmates. Many of these children speak very well, and their vocabulary is quite extensive. I recognize these children, learn at different rates, as well as typical children. I am trying to remember other things I found distasteful about this book, but quite honestly, threw it away after I read it the first time. My grown daughter came in and I handed the book to her as soon as I read through it. Didn't tell her my opinion about the book, but watched her eyes get bigger and bigger, being very surprised this would even be published. I am so thankful I read it through without reading it with Zoey first. We work very hard to bolster her self esteem. This book is not for the child that needs their ego boosted. I understand it is written to classmates, but I would not want anyone in my Zoey's class reading it.

I bought the book about diabetes in this series and thought I’d try this one…. Nope. The book promotes outdated ideas and I won’t be donating it to my child’s school.I’d recommend “47 Strings” of “different” over this one.

I think this book did a great job talking about Downs. It was describes in a positive accurate way and the pictures were fun. The only thing I didn't like is how the boy with Downs was drawn, kinda fat. Other than that this is a great book for kids!

I have a daughter who has Down syndrome and I was looking for books for her classmates to read and this one is very good! It is very positive! It also addresses how name-calling hurts their feelings just like everyone else. I liked how this book was written - thumbs up!