ARC Review: Knees by Vanita Oelschlager
Title: Knees: The mixed up world of a boy with dyslexia
Author: Vanita Oelschlager
Publisher: Vanita Books
Publication Date: May 1, 2012
Page Count: 128
Where I got it: Publisher via Edelweiss
Where you can get it: Amazon
How much: List Price 9.95
Format I read it in: eARC
Challenges: ARC August Challenge, 2013 ARC Reading Challenge, Netgalley Knockout Challenge
Description/Blurb:
Knees shows the ups and downs of life with dyslexia. We have done this book in the style and size of a chapter book so that younger children and older children at low reading levels can read what seems to be an older child’s book.
We cover dyslexia’s symptoms and the reasons school can be hard for dyslexics. We talk about some famous people who had or have dyslexia.
The book is endorsed by the head master of a school where many of the children have dyslexia. He has dyslexia himself.
My Thoughts: ★★★
Knees explores dyslexia, it’s symptoms, and the effect it has on the people who are so afflicted. It is told in the form of what appears like a graphic novel, a format that is much loved by my 10 year old son.
But, the problem we had with Knees is this. Per my 10 year old, the story itself was “choppy” and if it was hard for him with not having dyslexia, he felt that it would be much more difficult for a child who did have dyslexia to be able to read and follow along.
Now, the illustrations were good. The storyline itself in concept was stellar and I like the idea of explaining things and telling kids not to give up. I think there were a few flaws in the execution that could be improved upon in future stories, however.
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