What we can learn from our pets.

At Central Christian Academy, (the school that I am principal of), we had a very special visitor in our third grade class today. Our third graders recently finished their first literacy unit, "Mr Popper's Penguins" by Richard Atwater. In the book, Mr Popper has to train his many penguins. He learned a lot from having penguins for pets. Today we asked a local boy to come share with them about his pet, a service dog. The boy explained how the dog is trained to tell him when he needs to take his medicine. The students were fascinated by the story and I thought it would be a good opportunity to share another book. "My Invisible World" is a book written by Morosha Winokur, an eleven year old girl. The book is about her life with her brother and his service dog. Here is an interview I did with Morosha's mom at Book Expo America in New York City last year.



Click on this link to purchase a copy of the book.