Big Ben
By Rachel Anderson
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Online price: £4.99
This title is currently availableRRP: £4.99 You save £0.00 (0% discount) Paperback, 64pp Published: 23rd October 2007 Category: Junior fiction Theme: Families, PSHE, Special needs Interest age, years: From 8 To 11 Key Stage:  |
This is a short, easy to read, big hearted book about a boy with profound learning disabilities and his younger brother, Matthew, who loves him very much. First published 10 years ago, this is a new edition with lively, affectionate, black and white illustrations by Jane Ray.
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This is a moving story about Matthew, whose adored older brother Ben has Downs Syndrome. Matthew is horrified when Ben turns 16 and has to go off to a special school - he will miss him very much. Gradually Matthew comes to realise that it is best for Ben and that he will need to find his own friends. When Matthew's teacher decides to focus on Ben for a class project on 'Interesting People in the Community' the class comes to recognise what an amazing person Ben is. An entertaining and amusing story about an area rarely tackled.
64 pages
