Emmanuel’s Dream

Emmanuel's Dream
Emmanuel’s Dream

writ­ten by Lau­rie Ann Thompson
illus­trat­ed by Sean Qualls
Schwartz & Wade / Ran­dom House, 2015
ISBN: 978–0449817445
40 pages, ages 4 and up

Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah

The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah

This inspi­ra­tional pic­ture book biog­ra­phy tells the true sto­ry of Emmanuel Ofo­su Yeboah, who bicy­cled across Ghana with only one leg. In so doing, he for­ev­er changed how his coun­try views peo­ple with dis­abil­i­ties and showed us all that one per­son is enough to change the world. 

For­eign lan­guage edi­tions include Kore­an, Span­ish, Ara­bic, Chi­nese, and Ger­man. Also avail­able in Braille. Licensed for exclu­sive paper­back edi­tions by First­Book and Houghton Mif­flin Harcourt.

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 “This pow­er­ful and win­ning pic­ture book tells the sto­ry of a young man over­com­ing the odds…. This uplift­ing account will res­onate with read­ers and sup­ple­ment glob­al and cul­tur­al stud­ies. A tri­umph.” (School Library Jour­nal, starred review)

“…[S]imple line draw­ings and styl­ish, expres­sive fig­ures filled with lay­ers of rich, warm col­or on pale, thick­ly paint­ed backgrounds—capture Emmanuel’s tri­umphs beau­ti­ful­ly.” (Book­list)

“Thompson…presents a warm, mat­ter-of-fact overview of the life of Emmanuel Ofo­su Yeboah… [while] Qualls pro­vides sol­id visu­al and emo­tion­al scaf­fold­ing for the set­backs and tri­umphs Yeboah faced.” (Pub­lish­ers Week­ly)

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