Authors Cynthia S. Kidder and Brian Skotko with photographer Kendra Dew have divided the book into sections: Artists, Children, Athletes, Brothers and Sisters, Learners, Friends, Angels, Actors & Dreamers, and Community Leaders. Each section has beautiful black and white photos with accounts of real children and tweens with Down syndrome and their interests and accomplishments. Family quotes are often included as well as research statistics and Band of Angels Press Survey information from families of children with Down syndrome.
Are you interested in purchasing this book for yourself or someone on your holiday shopping list?
Common Threads: Celebrating LIfe with Down Syndrome
by Cynthia S. Kidder and Brian Skotko
Kendra Dew, photographer
Hard cover
181 pages
ISBN: 1-930868-04-9
Available from Band of Angels Press
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