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Emmanuel's dream : the true story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah / by Laurie Ann Thompson ; illustrated by Sean Qualls.
Van Pelt Library HV3013.Y43 T56 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thompson, Laurie Ann.
- Series:
- Schneider Family Book Award ; children's book, 2016.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Yeboah, Emmanuel Ofosu, 1977-.
- People with disabilities--Ghana--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- People with disabilities.
- Cyclists--Ghana--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Cyclists.
- People with disabilities--Ghana--Biography.
- Bicyclists--Ghana.
- Yeboah, Emmanuel Ofosu, 1977---Juvenile literature.
- Yeboah, Emmanuel Ofosu.
- Ghana--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Ghana.
- Ghana--Biography.
- Local Subjects:
- Ghana.
- Genre:
- Picture books.
- Biographies.
- Juvenile works.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
- regular print
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, 2015.
- Summary:
- Born in Ghana, West Africa, with one deformed leg, he was dismissed by most people -- but not by his mother, who taught him to reach for his dreams. As a boy, Emmanuel hopped to school more than two miles each way, learned to play soccer, left home at age thirteen to provide for his family, and, eventually, became a cyclist. He rode an astonishing four hundred miles across Ghana in 2001, spreading his powerful message: disability is not inability. Today, Emmanuel continues to work on behalf of the disabled.
- Contents:
- Born in Ghana, West Africa, with one deformed leg, he was dismissed by most people
- but not by his mother, who taught him to reach for his dreams. As a boy, Emmanuel hopped to school more than two miles each way, learned to play soccer, left home at age thirteen to provide for his family, and, eventually, became a cyclist. He rode an astonishing four hundred miles across Ghana in 2001, spreading his powerful message: disability is not inability. Today, Emmanuel continues to work on behalf of the disabled.
- Notes:
- Schneider Family Children's Book Award, 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780449817445
- 044981744X
- 9780449817452
- 0449817458
- OCLC:
- 881469079
- Publisher Number:
- 99987196925
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