Fabulously Needed Book for Kids with Clefts!

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	• A Special Smile Julie A. Graham Trafford Publishing, 2006 - 24 pages average customer review:based on 3 reviews view larger image
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Fabulously Needed Book for Kids with Clefts!

For the past seven years I have been looking for a book which addresses the questions my son has about his bilateral cleft lip and palate. Until recently there wasn't one. Luckily I came across this recently published book, A Special Smile, at the pediatrician's office. I immediately bought it for both my son and a little boy down the street who also has a cleft. The book is written so realistically, that my son asked if they wrote it about him. It is a perfect book for those kids entering school, beginining a new school to learn about how to tell others about their scar. Thank you Graham Family for taking the time and finding the right words to write this book!!

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Highly recommended book!

A parent recently asked me (a speech-language pathologist) if there are any books available to read to her child with a cleft palate and lip. Another teacher friend of mine who has a son with a cleft, highly recommended this book and said she will make sure it is read to every class of students her son is ever in. She said it explains very well what the child with the cleft is experiencing, and she does not want her son to be treated differently just because other children do not understand why he looks and sounds the way he does now (he's 3.)

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A Golden Star to Ms Julie

A Special Smile
My daughter's review:
I liked the book because it is like like my cleft lip and palate. It is like I am being comforted if I don't have a friend. In this story it is actually true that i know a little girl who doesn't like me and thinks that I am ugly. This book helped me to understand that there are other people out there who have a cleft lip and palate like me. If you write another book about the cleft lip and palate, i wish you good luck. Also to Claire and Aiden and Duncan.
Andi (6 and 3/4 years; Decatur, Georgia)

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We feel this book is a great tool for parents, teachers and friends of children with differences or a special smile. It helps explain in young listeners and young readers words what a cleft lip and palate are. My hope is that this book is used before the cleft affected child is asked that natural question, Whats wrong with your lip? Educate the curious. Give classmates the information and explanation so they can also answer that question. We hope this book helps you as much as it has helped our son. - Julie Graham