I loved this story! This book was about Eddie Lee, a young boy with down syndrome. The story took place during the summer and involved his neighbors Christy and JimBud. Christy's mother told her she had to be good to Eddie Lee, but JimBud didn't want Eddie Lee tagging along with them down to the lake. Eddie followed them and ended up showing Christy water lilies and found some frog eggs for her. JimBud had promised to show her some frog eggs, but he couldn't find any. As Christy looks at her reflection in the water she sees how odd she looks and Eddie Lee tells her that it doesn't matter what you look like, what matters is what's in your heart.
I thought that this was a very touching story and as I read it I thought back to high school. In high school I was a lunch buddy for a student at our school with down syndrome. A group of my friends would sit with her at lunch everyday and help her get her tray and open her milk and stuff for her. We made sure that no one picked on her and helped her during the day as well when we would see her in the hallways. I think that this would be an excellent book to read to students to show them that we may be different, but we do need to be kind and helpful to all of our peers. I really enjoyed this book and can see myself reading this to my students one day.
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