A joyful celebration of the wheelchair and how its user becomes a permanent lap to snuggle on!
The Mama Car has so many things, but the best thing is, it has Mummy.
The Mama Car can take children on adventures, big and small. Even just going to the kitchen for snacks becomes an expedition.
And when a child falls and hurts herself, the Mama Car is always there, and so is Mummy.
‘Mama Car’ is a beautifully illustrated and wonderfully written story. This story is perfect for children of all ages and helps represent families with members with disabilities. The story follows the Mama Car, detailing the fun had around the house and the park. This book would be perfect to read in KS1 or KS2 to help children see wheelchair users positively represented in a story. It was great to see a ‘Dear Adults,’ message at the back and get to hear from Lucy, the author, who puts it brilliantly about how wheelchairs can provoke strong feelings, not all of them positive and how important it is for children to see how the child in the story plays with the wheelchair, is comforted and is so used to being around it they call it Mama Car.
A resource pack provided by the publisher to accompany the book Mama Car.
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Would you recommend the book for use in primary schools?
yes
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