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Writer's pictureRhonda Massad

Book Review: "Adventure With Charlie"


Photo Courtesy of Jenkins Group Inc.

Adventure With Charlie book series really caught my eye because they tell the story of children with disabilities. This is often not represented and by having these depictions within books, it allows children with disabilities to feel recognized and included.


The Adventures with Charlie book series from Charles Schoen shares the inspirational tales of a young boy who is disabled, but this is what makes him special — even magical — and he makes friends everywhere he goes.

Parents and children can follow Charlie as he learns and grows through new experiences. In the first book of the series, Charlie Goes to School, readers get to explore a day of school from Charlie’s perspective, as he travels on the wind of his wheelchair, meets his friends, gathers knowledge and arrives back home flying through the air. In Charlie Goes to Tommy’s Barber Shop and Charlie Goes to Waffle House, children can learn from the ways in which Charlie interacts and makes friends in his community. Charlie Plays Baseball shares the motivational story of a baseball league that caters to children with special needs and physical challenges. And Charlie and the Half-Marathon will have readers cheering as Charlie and his father team-up for this exciting new adventure.

“Children need to have stories that illustrate the idea that ‘being different from typical peers’ can have some special rewards,” says Schoen.

The Adventures with Charlie series emphasizes what children CAN do in the face of physical or developmental challenges, and along the way, points out that when communities embrace and lift up all children, everyone wins.


For more information, please visit www.adventureswcharlie.com.

Adventures with Charlie Book Series Publisher: Catch the Spirit

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