Mi amiga tiene síndrome de Down/My Friend Has Down Syndrome

By Kristin Sorra and Cari Meister

Celebrating tolerance and acceptance, each title in this constructive and accessible series focuses on the rewards and challenges of having a friend with a disability. Everyday situations are accompanied by informative sidebars that provide details about the highlighted disability.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
• Release date: Nov 26, 2018
• ISBN: 9781515835332

Kristin Sorra

Kristin Sorra is an award-winning children's book illustrator. Her parents immigrated from the Philippines to Baltimore, MD, where she was born. She earned her degree in Illustration from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, graduating with highest honors, after which she co-owned a digital coloring house that catered to comic book publishers. She illustrated for magazines, online games, hang tags, posters, stationery, textiles, and even designed Halloween costumes. Kristin lives in New York's Hudson Valley, with her family.

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Reviews for Mi amiga tiene síndrome de Down/My Friend Has Down Syndrome

[mdgilmor · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

My Friend Has Down Syndrome is a great book for showing that a friend can be just about anyone. It's okay to have friends with exceptionalities, including Down Syndrome. Carmen and Sarah are best friends, even though Sarah has Down Syndrome. Throughout the story, Carmen explains that it doesn't matter that Sarah is "different," they are still friends.

[sreinh2 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I really liked this book. It is about two little girls little girls that have disabilities. One of the girls has Down Syndrome and the other girl has a vision impairment. These two girls are in the same class and they soon become best friends through shared interests. I really liked that the author of this book had the shared interests in the book and that is why the girls became friends. I feel like this is how many friendships are made. This also shows that individuals with disabilities have the same interests as individuals who do not have disabilities. This supports the message of acceptance that is in this book. The girls didn't care what disability the other had, they just wanted to be friends because they liked the same things. I also really liked the illustrations in this book. They were very colorful and creative. It really does show the two girls as best friends and doing the things that best friends do everyday. This book also has some facts about Down Syndrome on each page. Overall, I really liked this book and would definitely recommend it and use it in the future.