Be Good to Eddie Lee
Book Review III
Author: Virginia Fleming
Illustrator: Floyd Cooper
Genre: Fiction
Subgenre: Realistic
Primary Characters: Eddie Lee
Secondary Characters: Jim Bud and Christy
Publishing: Philomel Books 1993
Awards: N/A
Theme: No matter the appearance, the inside and personality is what truly accounts for anything.
Summary: Eddie Lee is a very outgoing child. He also has down syndrome. His neighbors Christy and Jim Bud find him rather annoying and bothersome. Altough Christy considers Eddie Lee a pest, they become really good friends in the woods one day. He showed her many beautiful things that she had overlooked. In the end, friendship was among one of their discoveries.
Uses with students: In a classroom, this book could be used to teach students the importance of accepting people even though they may be different than themselves.
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