Picture Book of the Day

Inside: Helping Sophia

When my daughter (now a college sophomore) was in kindergarten, she made friends with a little red-haired girl in a wheelchair. For years I tried to write a story about their friendship. When I began work on the Main Street School: Kids with Character series I knew right away that I would put their story in the book on caring! When the girls were in the third grade, the students had their first “wheelchair driving lessons.”

“Who is going to help Sophia?” asked Rachel.
“We are,” said Miss K. “After all, this is the third grade.
“Yeah,” said Sam.
“What are we going to do? asked Rachel.
“We’re going to have a wheelchair driving class,” said Miss K.

Teach the traits of ideas and conventions as students write about how they can help others at school.


Six Trait Author Programs and Classroom Writing Workshops