Emmanuel's dream : the true story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah
- Title
- Emmanuel's dream : the true story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah / by Laurie Ann Thompson ; illustrated by Sean Qualls.
- Published by
- New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, 2015.
- ©2015
- Author
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- Description
- 1 volume (various paging) : colour illustrations; 30 cm
- Summary
- Born in Ghana, West Africa, with one deformed leg, he was dismissed by most people--but not by his mother, who taught him to reach for his dreams. As a boy, Emmanuel hopped to school more than two miles each way, learned to play soccer, left home at age thirteen to provide for his family, and, eventually, became a cyclist. He rode an astonishing four hundred miles across Ghana in 2001, spreading his powerful message: disability is not inability. Today, Emmanuel continues to work on behalf of the disabled.
- Subject
- Yeboah, Emmanuel Ofosu, 1977- > Juvenile literature
- Yeboah, Emmanuel Ofosu, 1977-
- People with disabilities > Ghana > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Cyclists > Ghana > Biography > Juvenile literature
- People with disabilities > Ghana > Biography
- Cyclists > Ghana
- JUVENILE NONFICTION > Biography & Autobiography > Social Activists
- JUVENILE NONFICTION > People & Places > Africa
- JUVENILE NONFICTION > Social Topics > Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
- Cyclists
- People with disabilities
- Ghana > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Ghana > Biography
- Ghana
- Genre/Form
- Picture books.
- Biographies.
- Biography.
- Juvenile works.
- Call number
- Sc F 15-330
- Awards (note)
- Schneider Family Children's Book Award, 2016
- Author
- Thompson, Laurie Ann.
- Title
- Emmanuel's dream : the true story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah / by Laurie Ann Thompson ; illustrated by Sean Qualls.
- Publisher
- New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, 2015.
- Copyright date
- ©2015
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of content
- text
- still image
- Type of medium
- unmediated
- Type of carrier
- volume
- Local note
- Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
- Awards
- Schneider Family Children's Book Award, 2016
- Added author
- Schomburg Children's Collection.
- Qualls, Sean, illustrator.
- LCCN
- 2014005767
- ISBN
- 9780449817445
- 044981744X
- 9780449817452 (glb)
- 0449817458 (glb)
- Research call number
- Sc F 15-330