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A Button in Her Ear

A Button in Her Ear
Author: -Ada B. Litchfield
Title: - A Button in Her Ear
Illustrator: - Eleanor Mill
Publisher: -Albert whitman & Company
Year: -1976


Format: -Hardcover
Genre: -Concept
Reading Level: -Independent
Interest Level: -Early Elementary


Topics: - Not everyone is the same.



Summary: -A little girl was playing outside with some friends and though her friend told her to throw it to him but he said to throw it to someone else. She kept thinking people were muttering when they talked. She went to the doctor to figure out why she was hearing people said something different than what they actually did. She was given a hearing aid. Everyone at school thought her new "button" in her ear was cool.



Extension Activities: - You could read this at the beginning of the year and have everyone meet someone new.

Teach the children about other objects that help people with problems such as wheelchair or possible an air mask.