Name: Caroline Lewicki's review of The Pirate of Kindergarten by George Ella Lyon
Item: The Pirate of Kindergarten
Rating: 5
Author: Caroline Lewicki

George Ella Lyon

Doubles are good for lots of things—double scoops of ice cream, double features at the movies. But double vision is NOT a good kind of double. In fact, it can make kindergarten kind of hard. Ginny sees double chairs at reading circle and double words in her books. She knows that only half of what she sees is real, but which half? The solution to her problem is wondrously simple: an eye patch! Ginny becomes the pirate of kindergarten.With the help of her pirate patch, Ginny can read, run, and even snip her scissors with double the speed! Vibrant illustrations from Lynne Avril capture the realities of what Ginny sees both before and after.

The Pirate of Kindergarten

Caroline Lewicki

One of the big messages that I loved in this book is that when you have a disability, it doesn't seem like you're doing anything differently than everyone else - you have this moment of "wait...I'm the only one that sees like this/lives like this/etc?" Ginny has double vision but doesn't know that this is a different way of seeing. When someone finally realizes she's struggling, she gets an eye patch and becomes the pirate of kindergarten! I loved this book despite being frustrated by the people in Ginny's life.

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