Smile

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People like Michael J Fox have helped so many for being open and honest and showing up. I admire him and Sarah both for opening up about their illnesses and so others with them won’t feel so alone and will have more information. I loved the haikus at the end, and all the different ways the author approached solutions. Brilliant! And then how she approached acceptance and learning to live with her life, her face as it is, not waiting for one test of perfection to happen before she moves on. . . life just keeps going one foot in front of the other, one smile after another. As someone who has complex chronic medical issues, I really appreciated the author's detailed description of her healing. I too am all too familiar with the "making it up as you go" process of trying everything and everyone and what it feels like to encounter dismissive, distracted healers whose bad advice ends up adding years to your journey. Those stories are some of the most gripping and sad (the PT at the gym!) in the book. Raina Telgemeier's #1 New York Times bestselling, Eisner Award-winning graphic memoir based on her childhood! Young Reader's Choice Award Three Division Winners 2011-2021.” Pacific Northwest Library Association, 28 Mar. 2022, pnla.org/young-readers-choice-award/past-yrca-winners/yrca-three-division-winners-2011-2020/.

Because a smile mostly involves the mouth, the lips are the most important facial features to include in a description. You can use some of these words to describe them. Clabaugh, Rich (December 3, 2010). "4 Great Graphic Novels for Family Entertainment". The Christian Science Monitor . Retrieved February 12, 2013. Then the OB tells her she's having twins. Then the twins arrive, and she suddenly develops Bell's palsy...half of her face is paralyzed. She can't smile. She doesn't look like herself. As she is now juggling three children, and two infants. Raina is a likable girl with supportive and understanding parents. Though she makes some missteps, such as standing up a boy at a dance, it's her process of correcting those missteps that makes this such a relatable and true-to-life story. Readers will be encouraged and comforted by the path Raina takes to finding new friends that support her.

There is nothing in the book that grabs me. The writing is good without being sparkling as in the last book I read which I didn't get into for a long way What's A Lemon Squeezer Doing In My Vagina?: A Memoir of Infertility. IThe author seems to be a pretty nice woman. think that maybe this is a good book and I'm just the wrong audience for it as there is nothing I can put my finger on why I really want to dnf it.

The SMILE approach to learning has created a climate of trust where learners are confident to take risks without the fear of failure and are valued for their efforts. Pupils appreciate that valuable learning often results from making mistakes. Raina’s mother consoles her by buying her videogames and allowing her to get a couple of ear piercings on her 12th birthday. Meanwhile, a sub-conflict emerges as Raina’s friends pressure her about how she looks. Two of them, Karin and Nicole, make mean jokes at Raina’s expense. When Raina enters seventh grade, she develops a crush on Sammy, another sixth grader in the band class who also wears braces. Soon after that, San Francisco experiences an earthquake but only suffers temporary power loss for the family. It turns out that Sammy has feelings for Raina too but then she develops an obsessive crush on Sean (not mentioned if he is basketball player or otherwise), which causes problems in school with Karin and Nicole until they leave town without telling anyone why they’re leaving. a b Smith-D'Arezzo, Wendy, and Janine Holc. "Reframing Disability through Graphic Novels for Girls: Alternative Bodies in Cece Bell's El Deafo." Girlhood Studies, vol. 9, no. 1, 2016, pp. 72-87. ProQuest Central. I don’t remember when or why I added this to my list but I am so glad I did! Her stories of having to advocate for herself with the medical community was sad - but also nice to hear it described so clearly… same with her descriptions of trying to become pregnant and fears while pregnant.I've seen and enjoyed several of Sarah Ruhl's plays, so I was excited to read her new memoir and learn more about her as a writer and a person. Smile is about Ruhl's birth of twins and subsequent onset of Bell's palsy, a condition where the face is partially paralyzed. a b Abate, Michelle Ann. “Reading Capital: Graphic Novels, Typography, and Literacy.” The English Journal, vol. 108, no. 1, Sept. 2018, pp. 66–72. JSTOR, JSTOR 26610229. Mostly I enjoyed the writing, the expression of feeling and emotion, the explanation of how regular life presents problems a person without the condition has ever considered. Such an eye-opener, mind-blower and description of this troubling personal catastrophe - talk about full stop! And a double whammy for those who do not return to their "normal" face. I've had one close friend who had this condition - also at the end of a pregnancy. . .but she mostly stayed hidden and away from her usual crowd until it was gone and we just heard about it in the aftermath story.

Thanks to Simon and Schuster and Netgalley for an early copy of this work. It’s easily one of my favorite books of the year! As a Pioneer School we collaborated with colleagues who were at the same point of their curriculum journey as us. Following this collaboration, we agreed to trial the introduction of our SMILE books in Y2 and Y6 with staff who were members of SLT and involved in curriculum reform.Raina - A young teenager who has an accident that leaves her with dental trauma. Raina is the character based on author Raina Telgemeier’s teen self.