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NEW ZEALAND SPINAL TRUST 30<br />
New<br />
Additions<br />
<strong>July</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
The Resource Centre has a<br />
selection of <strong>res</strong>ources<br />
specific for children whose<br />
parents have a spinal cord<br />
impairment (SCI).<br />
The books are inspirational and show<br />
that parenting is the same whether<br />
you are a wheelchair user or not.<br />
Having an SCI can forge a special<br />
bond with parent and child. Check<br />
out these great books!<br />
Mama Zooms<br />
by Jane Cowen-Fletcher, 1995<br />
In this remarkable book, a little boy<br />
makes the world a place full of<br />
excitement. After all, his mother's<br />
wheelchair as he sees it, is a<br />
"zooming machine," a vehicle capable<br />
of carrying him and his mother as far<br />
as his imagination will al<strong>low</strong>. Every<br />
morning his father sets him in his<br />
mother's lap, and with her strong<br />
arms pushing away, the two of them<br />
are off on their latest adventure. Jane<br />
Cowen-Fletcher's book was inspired<br />
by her sister, a wheelchair mum and<br />
practicing veterinarian, who was left<br />
a paraplegic after a 1987 accident.<br />
Dad had a spinal cord injury, and<br />
what happened next<br />
written by Diane Turner, and<br />
illustrated by Scott Wrigg<br />
When a person sustains a spinal cord<br />
injury great p<strong>res</strong>sure is placed on the<br />
person and their family, whanau, and<br />
friends. Their children undergo<br />
enormous changes to their lives. ‘Dad<br />
had a spinal cord injury, and what<br />
happened next’, is Melissa’s story of<br />
her father’s spinal cord injury. It<br />
outlines milestones from his injury to<br />
his return home. Also available as a<br />
PDF. http://www.aci.health.nsw.gov.<br />
au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/155287/<br />
dad_had_a_sci_Oct2406.pdf<br />
Arni and the wheelchair guy<br />
story by Michael Franklin,<br />
illustrations by Albina Koldasova,<br />
<strong>2021</strong><br />
A new friendship is made in a seaside<br />
village when an adventurous dog<br />
chases a man in a wheelchair. Their<br />
friendship grows strong as the world<br />
around them continues to change.<br />
A gentle story of friendship between<br />
Arni and the Wheelchair Guy, and<br />
the many other people they meet on<br />
their daily seaside adventu<strong>res</strong>,<br />
during the extraordinary events<br />
of 2020.<br />
We can go anywhere: my<br />
adventu<strong>res</strong> on Daddy’s chair<br />
by Dick Glen, illustrated by<br />
Linda McManus, 2016<br />
In this beautiful example of a child's<br />
innocence, we are taught that a little<br />
imagination can take us a long way.<br />
What the <strong>res</strong>t of the world sees as a<br />
limitation becomes a great source of<br />
adventure and freedom. Little Elaina<br />
shows her dad there is much more to<br />
him than meets the eye, and in the<br />
process proves that love knows<br />
no limitations.<br />
Grandad Wheels<br />
by Brian Abram, illustrated by Lynne<br />
Hickin, 2019<br />
The Adventu<strong>res</strong> of Grandad Wheels!’<br />
is a series of beautifully illustrated<br />
books for children about the crazy<br />
adventu<strong>res</strong> of a wheelchair user<br />
Grandad and his Grandson Charlie.<br />
Each story tells the reader a little bit<br />
about what it is like to use a<br />
wheelchair … but more importantly,<br />
the stories will make the reader laugh<br />
out loud at the silly things Grandad<br />
Wheels and Charlie get up to!
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