Monday, April 5, 2010


My Brother Charlie is about twins, a boy and girl callie and charlie. When they start to grow up, Charlie isn't growing up like Callie. He doens't talk much and he acts a little different. They take him to the doctor and it turns out that he has autism. This story talks about how special he is and good at so many things.
I loved this story when talking about Autism. It really puts a positive spin on it. Also, I liked how it was from his sister's perspective because autism can be hard for siblings and very confusing at times. It shows how she gets through it.
This book was written based on a true story. It was written by a mom who did acutally have twins and one has autism. They write a little at th eend about their experience. It also has pointers at the end. It helps you understand how to interact with a child with autism and how they are exceptionally smart but in other ways that we might think.
The book is written for young readers so this would be a great resource for students. I am not sure if this book was made to be read by students with autism but it has simple pictures with bold coloring which is cool because it really makes you focus on the acutal story.
I also like how this book show Charlie being really talented at things that Callie herself can't do like name all the presidents. It also talks about how caring he is. He really likes to share and play the piano for people.

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