Now an Award-Winning Motion Picture. What if you were trapped in a Disney movie? In all of them, actually - from Dumbo to Peter Pan to The Lion King -- and had to learn about life and love mostly from what could be gleaned from animated characters, dancing across a screen of color? Asking this question opens a doorway to the most extraordinary of stories. It is the saga of Owen Suskind, who happens to be the son of one of America's most noted writers, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Ron Suskind. He's also autistic. The twisting, 20-year journey of this boy and his family will change that way you see autism, old Disney movies, and the power of imagination to heal a shattered, upside-down world.
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Life, Animated: A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes, and Autism
Now an Award-Winning Motion Picture. What if you were trapped in a Disney movie? In all of them, actually - from Dumbo to Peter Pan to The Lion King -- and had to learn about life and love mostly from what could be gleaned from animated characters, dancing across a screen of color? Asking this question opens a doorway to the most extraordinary of stories. It is the saga of Owen Suskind, who happens to be the son of one of America's most noted writers, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Ron Suskind. He's also autistic. The twisting, 20-year journey of this boy and his family will change that way you see autism, old Disney movies, and the power of imagination to heal a shattered, upside-down world.
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Life, Animated: A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes, and Autism
Life, Animated: A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes, and Autism
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ISBN-13: | 9781484708781 |
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Publisher: | Disney Press |
Publication date: | 04/01/2014 |
Series: | Digital Picture Book |
Sold by: | DISNEY PUBLISHING WORLDWIDE -EBKS |
Format: | eBook |
Lexile: | 990L (what's this?) |
File size: | 23 MB |
Note: | This product may take a few minutes to download. |
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