A Friend for Henry | 
A Friend for Henry by Jenn Bailey and illustrated by Mika Song is a wonderful RF RA book. Henry has autism and he is very picky about finding a friend. The story unfolds to Henry eventually finding a friend who accepts him for he is. This book won the Schneider Family Book Award Honor Book. It covers inclusion and the important message of being kind to one another.
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carolinem UDL principles 3.1 which is activate or supply background knowledge can be very useful for this book. ESOL strategies 11 and 3 which placing language into meaningful text and encourage self talk works well with this book. 5y
carolinem This YouTube video is an interview with Jenn Bailey and Denise Santomaueo and the video talks about the reading behind Jenn writing this book. Also the. Videos explores autism and how teachers can promote inclusion with this book. https://youtu.be/xz0JY8ZrlxU 5y
deiacovab I was actually looking for a book that won that particular award so thank you for sharing! I‘ll have to pick it up 😊 5y
DrSpalding Wonderful post Caroline. Didn‘t this win this year? I am adding this to my stack!❤️📚 (edited) 5y
carolinem @deiacovab @DrSpalding The book is worth reading! 5y
