Jamie: A Literacy Story

ISBN-13: 9781571100580 Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers Publication date: 01/01/1997 Edition description: New Edition Pages: 128 Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.38(d) "It is remarkable how people's lives intertwine. People move in and out of our world, affecting us as we affect them, and we often don't know it until we look back on what has happened. What amazes me is the exquisite timing of these moves, which help shape our growth and the course of our lives.""When I think of the people I've known and the events I've experienced, I often wonder, What if? What if I had not been at a certain place at a certain time? What if I had met this person earlier or later, or under different circumstances? It's the same when I think of Jamie Panui. I wonder how things might have been if we had met a few years earlier, and I marvel that things happened as they did."This is the quiet beginning to a story that will show you the power of literacy and its role in enriching a child's life. It