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Item Nr: B 120627 Title: If You're So Smart, How Come You Can't Spell Mississippi? (A Story About Dyslexia)
Grade Lvl: PI Author: Esham, Barbara
Length: 29 Prod/Pub: Mainstream Connections Publishing
Copyright: 2008 Series:
Book Type: FP Biographee:
Copies: 1 Loan Period: 42 days
 
  Katie is very surprised when her father--one of the smartest people she knows--was unable to help her study for her third grade spelling test because he admitted to not knowing how to spell Mississippi. Katie is keen observer and a curious third grader. So when her dad explains why he finds spelling difficult, Katie wants to investigate. She learns that her very intelligent dad, a lawyer, has dyslexia probably like a couple of Katie's classmates. From the series The Adventures of Everyday Geniuses. IL 2-4.

  Subjects:
  1851 - ANXIETY
  360 - COUNSELING
  1299 - DISABILITIES--LEARNING
  417 - DYSLEXIA
  919 - READING
  920 - READING--REMEDIAL TEACHING/INTERVENTION
  1465 - SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS/PERSONS
  1339 - SPELLING