Sarah's Sleepover

Rating:
Summary: Beautifully written, precious story with important lessons
Review: I bought this book for my five-year-old niece, and she loves to have me read it to her whenever she comes to visit. The wonderfully told story about a blind girl's sleepover weekend gives parents and kids lots of important topics to talk about and explore, including not being afraid of the dark, and how everyone is special and capable in their own way, even if they have a physical disability such as blindness. With its beautiful illustrations and valuable life lessons, this book belongs in the library of every child.

Rating:
Summary: Beautifully written, precious story with important lessons
Review: I bought this book for my five-year-old niece, and she loves to have me read it to her whenever she comes to visit. The wonderfully told story about a blind girl's sleepover weekend gives parents and kids lots of important topics to talk about and explore, including not being afraid of the dark, and how everyone is special and capable in their own way, even if they have a physical disability such as blindness. With its beautiful illustrations and valuable life lessons, this book belongs in the library of every child.

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Summary: Potential lost
Review: This book had so much potential but it unfortunately fell quite short in the end. Insight into Sarah's visual impairment is disclosed in interesting ways but the author clearly put too much effort into explaining how Sarah functions. The perfectly lovely storyline gets lost in all this disability-related talk. There was quite a bit of conversation over what she couldn't do, which was disappointing to me though the author did succeed in making blindness somewhat cool to young readers.