My Bones Need Extra Care: Care

Samantha is a creative second grader with blonde hair, red glasses, a big imagination-and osteogenesis imperfecta, sometimes called brittle bone disease.Samantha explains that her bones need extra care, but that is only one part of who she is. With support from her family, friends, teachers, doctors, and therapists, she learns how to move safely, ask for help, listen to her body, and make her own choices. Sometimes she walks independently. At other times, a walker or wheelchair helps her stay safe, comfortable, and involved.Through Samantha's warm and confident voice, young readers learn about casts, X-rays, hearing tests, physical and occupational therapy, accessible schools, respectful questions, and the importance of including children with different mobility needs.Most importantly, Samantha shows readers that using a mobility aid does not limit a child's imagination, independence, or dreams.Gentle, hopeful, and child-appropriate, My Bones Need Extra Care introduces osteogenesis imperfecta while celebrating creativity, dignity, belonging, and possibility.Choose the closest available matches in your marketplace: - > Health & Daily Living > Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries- > Disabilities- > Social Themes > Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance