| Small Steps Contributor(s): Kehret, Peg (Author) |
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ISBN: 0756912334 ISBN-13: 9780756912338 Publisher: Turtleback Books OUR PRICE: $21.42 Product Type: Prebound Published: January 1996 Annotation: Kehret, who contracted polio in 1949, describes the diagnosis, severe symptoms, treatments, physical therapy, walking sticks and more in this moving memoir. B&W illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Historical |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 95052641 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.7" W x 7.9" (0.70 lbs) 179 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Geographic Orientation - Minnesota - Topical - Physically Challenged |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Small Steps has received the following awards: 1997 ALA Notable Book for Children, 1997 Top 10 Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, 1996 Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction, 1998 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award (Vermont), 1998-99 Mark Twain Award (Missouri). It has been on Master Reading Lists in Tennessee, Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Washington, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire. |