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Galia's dad is in a wheelchair
- Title
- Galia's dad is in a wheelchair / James Edward English.
- Author
- English, James Edward, 1967-
- Publication
- Fort Worth, Texas : TCU Press, [2017]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Teddy, 1984-
- Description
- 18 pages : color illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- "Galia is a young girl from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, who likes to ride her bike, dance, and spend time with her father, Gérald, who has muscular dystrophy and has been in a wheelchair since he was a young boy. Despite his disability, Gérald received a master's degree from Harvard University, served as President Michel Martelly's Secretary of State with the disability portfolio, and enjoys many of the same activities with his daughter as other dads. During his five years in public office, Secretary Gérald Oriol Jr. recognized his country's critical shortage of children's literature, particularly related to disability, and encouraged his friend and adviser James English to create a children's book for Haiti, which has an estimated one million persons with disabilities, a number that increased significantly following the 2010 earthquake. Galia's Dad Is in a Wheelchair aims to counter negative stereotypes and stigmas surrounding disability and is believed to be the only children's book on the subject in Haiti available in Creole, French, and English. The book's positive messages, which promote disability awareness and close parent-child relations, are universal and extend to general readers beyond the small Caribbean island nation"--Publisher description.
- Subjects
- Oriol, Gerald, Jr > Family > Juvenile literature
- Oriol, Gerald, Jr > Juvenile literature
- Fathers and daughters > Haiti > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Politicians with disabilities > Haiti > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Muscular dystrophy > Patients > Haiti > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Cabinet officers > Haiti > Biography > Juvenile literature
- People with disabilities > Government policy > Haiti > Juvenile literature
- Note
- "Artwork by Teddy Keser Mombrun"--Title page verso.
- Call Number
- Sc D 17-1198
- ISBN
- 9780875656496
- 0875656498
- LCCN
- 2016054122
- OCLC
- 965760281
- Author
- English, James Edward, 1967- author.
- Title
- Galia's dad is in a wheelchair / James Edward English.
- Publisher
- Fort Worth, Texas : TCU Press, [2017]
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Added Author
- Teddy, 1984- illustrator.
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 17-1198