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Harriet May Savitz
412 Park Place Avenue
Bradley Beach, N.J. 07720 
hmaysavitz@aol.com


 

Available for Reissue

**Three books for young adults have been reissued
 
...and are for sale now...
**
Ground-breaking books about the disabled..REISSUED FOR A NEW GENERATION
 
The Lionhearted    "We cheer a major victory. The Lionhearted stirs an awareness of wheelchair occupants' problems and of the wider implications of the word handicapped." (Kirkus Review) On The Move   "The problems of paraplegics and their feelings of frustration and rage are realistically described." (Library Journal Review) Run Don't Walk   "Nominated for the 1983-1984 California Young Reader Medal."
An ABC Afterschool Special produced by Henry Winkler
Wheelchair Champions – A History of Wheelchair Sports
"In celebration of the International Year of Disabled Persons, Wheelchair Champions received recognition.” Also other reviews Catholic Library World “It is a story of hope…”   Interracial Books for Children – “The history of wheelchair sports in the U.S. is well told…”  Bulletin Center for Children’s Books “This would be exciting and informative enough if it simply described the growth of organized sports….for the handicapped or described the sports careers of men and women who are paraplegics, quadriplegics, polio victims – and it does.  What it adds is a great deal of information about attitudes toward the handicapped, facts about their capabilities as citizens and workers as well as wheelchair athletes…”

Available for reissue - Just reissued..original Apple Paperback/Scholastic books now reissued by iuniverse.com 
 "A GIRL'S BEST FRIEND" 
  "SWIMMER"    
 "THE BULLIES AND ME"
age reader is 8-12 years old.  A Girl’s Best Friend about a blind girl had this review…”1996 Minnesota Bulletin, Quarterly Publication of the National Federation of the Blind..”The book shows how, for those who are blind, attitudes about blindness play an important part in the success of everything in life…a good approach to blindness..it will help the younger members of our family grow up with a better philosophy about blind people.”

"The Cats Nobody Wanted." 
 an Apple paperback Scholastic


also available at Barnes & Noble and Amazon.com 

 

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