My Name is Blessing

By Eric Walters, Eugenie Fernandes, Louise Binette

Subjects: Enfants handicapés, disabilities, Grands-parents et enfants, Résilience (Trait de personnalité), Juvenile Fiction, Orphelinats, Orphanages, Pictorial works, Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse, Children with disabilities, French language materials, Fiction, Children's fiction, Kenya, fiction, Orphelins, Orphans, American literature, People with disabilities, fiction, Juvenile fiction, Ouvrages illustrés, juvenile literature, Handicapés moteurs, Picture books, Grands-mères, picture books

Description: Based on the life of a real boy, this warm-hearted, beautifully illustrated book tells the story of Baraka, a young Kenyan boy with a physical disability. Baraka and eight cousins live with their grandmother. She gives them boundless love, but there is never enough money or food, and life is hard --love doesn't feed hungry stomachs or clothe growing bodies, or school keen minds. Baraka is too young, and, with his disability, needs too much, and she is too old. A difficult choice must be made, and grandmother and grandchild set off on a journey to see if there is a place at the orphanage for Baraka. The story begins by looking at Baraka's physical disability as a misfortune, but ends by looking beyond the disability, to his great heart and spirit, and the blessings he brings.