Abby's Asthma and the Big Race - Hardcover
Abby has asthma, but that doesn’t stop her from wanting to run in the big race. Although she is pretty fast, sometimes she may cough or wheeze and have an asthma attack. Jason, a boy in her class, teases her about her asthma and suggests she enter the pie-eating contest instead. But Abby is determined not only to run in the race, but to win it as well. With her doctor's approval and recommendations, she exercises every day with her father, takes her medicine, and does her breathing exercises in anticipation of the big day. When that day arrives, Abby is ready. Will she beat Jason to the finish line? A note about exercising with asthma appears at the end of the book.
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Theresa Martin Golding is a native of Philadelphia. She is a children's book author.
Margeaux Lucas is a published author and an illustrator of children's books.
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Margeaux Lucas is a published author and an illustrator of children's books.
Abby likes to run. Her legs are “long and fast,” but sometimes her breath is “short.” There’s a big race at the fair in August, and she’s training for it, but whenever she tells someone—her dad, her teacher—they try to get her to enter the fair’s pie-eating contest, instead. As the story progresses, Abby is shown having successes (making a goal in a soccer game after being teased), and some downturns (having an asthma attack in school). During a checkup, Dr. Allison tells Abby that when it comes to the race, she should “go for it!” So Abby keeps training and not only finishes the race, she wins it. This is a purposeful book, but freckle-faced Abby is an appealing heroine whom readers will root for. This does show the uncertain course that asthma can take, but the resolution, for many asthma sufferers, may be too upbeat. Still, this is a hopeful offering, and the endnote by a pediatrician offers some basic facts. Grades K-3. --Ilene Cooper
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- PublisherAlbert Whitman & Company
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 0807504653
- ISBN 13 9780807504659
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages32
- IllustratorMargeaux Lucas
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