Kids from Critter Cove-A children's book & teaching tool about special needs

 The need for children's literature addressing a broader understanding of special needs kids was the inspiration for Kids from Critter Cove

 This book includes a mentally impaired turtle, a Deaf bunny, a differently limbed kangaroo, and a mouse with ADHD.

When a small group of special needs characters are joined by a newcomer on the way to school, they find themselves in a worrisome situation. The newcomer's "perceived" misbehavior and the events that follow teach a valuable lesson about making assumptions regarding those who are different from us.

At the end of the book each character gives words of wisdom, that are gleaned from the story, allowing for valuable discussion. This is an excellent teaching tool for  a classroom, a daycare, and individual children.


Mainstream classrooms have become the norm. Classrooms today have an average of 10% special needs children included. This book will assist your students or children in understanding how easy it is to make incorrect assumptions about those who may be different. Research shows that when children understand one another there is a decrease in bullying and an increase in kindness & helping.


Kids from Critter Cove is available at Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Kids-Critter-Cove-Merilee-Dodson/dp/1413726445