Princess Penelope: Handprints, Snowflakes and Play-dates by Christine Bronstein
Title: Princess Penelope: Handprints, Snowflakes, and Play-dates Author/Illustrator: Christine Bronstein/Karen L. Young Genre: Fiction Age: 4-8 This book talks about a young girl who adjust how her and her brothers normally behave for a play-date with her friend from school who has Autism Spectrum Disorder. Her teacher was telling her class, that no two minds are alike and that everyone is different n their own unique way. She wanted to students to play with someone different, and Penelope played with Eric and he was invited over for a play-date. The mom had her and her brothers practice using their inside voices, because loud noises would affect Eric and make him upset. She also had them work on being flexible, in case Eric didn't want to do something, and that they wouldn't get upset. At one point Penelope, her brothers and Eric were playing on the trampoline, when he just left because the noises were too loud. Penelope remembered what her mother and father told her and...