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Title: Charles Can Do More Than That
Review: Blind people can do far more than find their way in the dark. They have much more talent and ability than guiding you through a dark basement. Charles, the blind student in the story, does not even engage in dialogue until the last couple pages of the book. The children in his class speak for him, condescend him, and assume he is useless, until they are trapped in the dark basement. Some students even waited to let him finish his math first, yet when it was time to help him find his seat (a legitimate need) the teacher discouraged it. Where was she when the prizefighter was doing his thing! This book was so offensive to both my husband and I that I refused to read it to my first grade class. I give it one star for motivating me to write my own children's book addressing blindness.
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