Rourke Educational Media Meeting Mimi: A Story About Different Abilities, Guided Reading Level F Reader (Volume 7) (Playing and Learning Together)

Great selection for toddlers, beginner readers or self-led readers. Disability awareness is key for our children. As a child I wasn't taught much at all about disabilities. Crude terminology was used, a lot of "don't stare" or "don't make fun of them" was tossed around, but I never had an understanding of what intellectual and physical disabilities meant, why were they in a separate classroom (this was many years ago, of course), why are we all scared to socialize, what is going on?? I work day in and out with children and adults with disabilities now and I wish I had read books like this treasure and had discussions, and LEARNED about disabilities and differences. I would have had such great friendships that I missed out on by being afraid to ask questions and not knowing about all of the ABILITIES each kid at my school had. I recommend you enrich your child's life by teaching them about their peers like Mimi. And, if your child has a disability I think it's a great read to prepare them for school settings where curious children may stumble over their words or ask inappropriate questions and how to guide them and be in control of the narrative.

I read this book a few others with some students who use communication devices. They related to this book which makes a walker seems like exactly what it is…just another tool like glasses or braces. Some of the other books we read felt really “ablelist.” Others made them feel as though the characters were portrayed as too different. My students used this book as their inspiration to create their own short play to introduce themselves, their interests, and the fact they use communication devices.It is a short, simple relatable story.

This is the perfect book to read to children in younger grades about different abilities especially when it comes to physical disabilities.

In my preschool classroom we have disability accessories for the dolls to use. There's a wheelchair, a walker, cane, hearing aids, seeing eye dog, and crutches. To introduce these items to the children so they knew what they were for I purchased this book, read them and then used one of the dolls as a prop. The kids have been super careful. They respect and used the equipment properly. The children have asked questions about the different disabilities. As a classroom we have learned a bunch.

Such a sweet little book. Really short, not quite what i was hoping for but overall it is an easy read for beginners; and slightly informative. My daughter has cerebral palsy, she use's a Walker and walking canes to walk with. I was hoping for a little more of this books message, so she could relate this story to her own, but at least it offers a positive outlook on acceptance from her classmates at her new school.

Honestly I love the idea and the point, and I love that there's much more to Mimi than how she gets around. But somehow there wasn't a whole lot to the book. Maybe it's for younger kids? Mine is five.

great condition. great kids book

When I ordered the book the rating by the seller said "good", but when it arrived 2 days later, it was in excellent condition and didn't even seem like it had ever been opened! The kids in my class enjoyed the story and it opened up an amazing discussion! I purchased the book because we were having a volunteer with a disability, coming to help in our class, and I wanted the kids to be prepared and feel comfortable around her and accept her with open arms. This story was a great help!

Amazing story and teaches the children about inclusion and about our similarities and differences