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I think this was a cute book! I really, really enjoyed the illustrations (especially the page where he is shooting hoops and the cute little animals are watching. Too adorable!). I think this is a great message in the book. I have a sibling with dyslexia, so I have seen the frustration and insecurity that this brings in academic settings. The same thing goes with the normal feelings of trying to find something you are interested in and decently skilled in (hobby wise). He tried various things til he found basketball and enjoyed it. 

Cute book. Nice illustrations. Easy to read.

Purchased for a younger sibling who thoroughly enjoyed this and has rated on my behalf. Super fun read and super funny. Would recommend to other kids.

Fun, simple, and easy book for kids of all ages. It's a great topic to address, and I could easily read this book to some of the kids I've worked with before. It explains dyslexia well and in a simple way so kids who might have it or know friends who have it can understand why school can be complicated and confusing. I loved the focus on finding something you're good at and practicing, and then using that same skill and dedication to learn something else like reading or math. The art style was fun as well, clean and neat. The excerpt at the end about Lou was interesting, too, to see where Louis was now!

my personal review is that I found this book very interesting as I personally have dyslexia & wasn’t diagnosed till I was 16. I leant a lot from this book and would recommend it to anyone with a young child diagnosed with dyslexia.

This book was a very cute story of a little boy with a reading disability ,dyslexia and he explains the trouble he has but how he overcomes it. THis is a very adorable story I would love to have in my library.

Highly recommend this book for educators to read!  It reminded me alot of Fish in A Tree by Lynda Mullay Hunt.  I think books like these are so important so that individuals don't feel alone in learning or living with dyslexia.  I will be recommending this to other educators and library patrons.

interesting concept to connect dyslexia with knees. I'm just not sure it works. Short story, focusing on finding your other strengths may help some kids, but not everyone.

I enjoy the hope of this title as well as many of the rhyming lines.  I appreciate the first person narrative although the storyline confused me when it went beyond the main subject, dyslexia.  The drawn images without color are engaging and kept my attention. Overall, I could see this as fun and uplifting for both children and their parents/caregivers. The profiled educator and his endorsement seems to elevate the importance of the book.    I was pleased to read about the selected font and how its style and the color of the pages was recommended  for those with dyslexia.  Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the e-galley. 

I voluntarily read and reviewed this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

First and foremost, a large thank you to NetGalley, Vanita Oelschlager, and VanitaBooks LLC for providing Neo and me with a copy of this publication, which allows me to provide you with an unbiased review.

As Neo and I expand our reading horizons, we tried this interesting piece that hit home for both of us. This story is about Louis the Third, a child in the fourth grade who suffers from dyslexia. He explains what that means and how he has to take extra time to overcome some of the hurdles. While school work has him bummed out, Louis discovers something he likes and practices to get better. By the end of the summer, he has mastered it and living with dyslexia is not so bad. A great piece to lift the spirits of anyone with a disability who might need to see the bright side of things.

As we finished this piece, Neo and I were left with some strong sentiments. Neo has some learning hurdles that he has been trying to overcome. While his have been overcome with pacing and some medicine, there are many who likely feel hopeless and have nothing that they can do. This book, told in a rhyming style, shows that things can be good, even if you have to approach them differently. Plus, there is the chance that you will excel in other areas, even if it is not school. Great illustrations kept Neo interested as he understood the struggles Louis had throughout.

Kudos, Madam Oelschlager, for writing to let kids know it is ok to be different.

Thank you NetGalley and VanitaBooks LLC

First of all I’m grateful I successfully downloaded this book for the second time (I failed for my first time due to device problem). Second of all, I knew this will be a great book.

It tells us about a child with dyslexia and it was well written in an easy way, so any children can understand what dyslexia is and how to deal with it in a positive way. I like how the ilustrator put the “bold” words, in order to make it clear what is the good point of this story. Some pages also had “large font” which is same for me, to make it clear what the readers can quote and share it in a daily basis, not just because the person has “special needs”.

This book is wonderful, I’d like to see more of this kind of book with variety of special needs ones (i’.e autism, adhd, etc)

The abrupt changes in the storyline of knees made this boom appear to be on the long end of a limited word book. The idea of explaining dyslexia and the life of the man behind the story are great, however,  the execution was not done as well as what I would hope to use with my students. The book used rhyming words to tie every other line in the book together, which would be useful for early elementary students in their phonemic awareness...would be. In this book there are many times the rhyming phrases or words seem forced into the story or what is trying to be a story. The other aspect that was difficult was the rapid and abrupt changes in what the author was writing about. It started off at school and explaining that this is what I see and rather quickly moved through stating facts about the boy having friends and a family and he could find something he is good at. Again, my personal opinion, but this book seemed as though things had to be cut out to fit a word limit.

A cute story to teach children about dyslexia. The illustrations were nice and went well with the story. I would read it to my students.

This is a wonderful book to share with children who have dyslexia! It’s about a student named Louis who has dyslexia He describes what it is in very kid friendly terms and how it impacts his life. He struggles at first to find something he’s good at, but once he does, he realizes that dyslexia doesn’t hold him back. A cute and informative book perfect for kids.

I love the cadence of the book, as well as the illustrations. But I feel it was lacking in substance in terms of how Louis actually copes with the dyslexia in school. It kind of seemed like "go find something else to be good at" was the moral of the story, but I don't think that is what was intended. I love the premise, the art, and the feel of the book, just wish it went a little bit deeper.

I'm thankful that a book like this exists. For a child with dyslexia, especially for one in an upper elementary grade, I imagine it would be very encouraging and inspiring. Parents of kids with dyslexia should definitely consider purchasing a copy. However, I did find the actual writing of the book to be not quite to my taste. The rhyming structure was a bit clunky and forced. The text sort of rambled on and probably could have been significantly shorter. The title grabs your attention but honestly doesn't seem to fit the book at all, besides the fact that it eventually becomes the narrator's nickname (and I guess a reference to his oddly-shaped knees). The book is interesting and important but could have been executed much more effectively.

I received an advance copy of this book from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for my honest review.

Really great book. I think that it is a fun and easy to read book for kids that helps teach about different kinds of people and to have a better understanding of yourself as well. I would love to see a girl version!

You are not your struggles. You are not your disabilities. 

This book is wonderful. The positive message it gives children with dyslexia (and those who have other struggles) is to always aim high and find out what you are good at. I love that over half of the book was the boys discovery of his talent as well as all of the good things about himself. It didn’t linger on the dyslexia and ask us to accept him, it shows us who he is as a person who happens to have dyslexia.

It didn’t bother me that the illustrations were all in black and white. I felt it made the story vivid and bold.

This book set on a mission to talk about dyslexia, but it hardly went into how dyslexia actually affected the character. While it was a cute story and showed him finding things he's good at, brushing dyslexia under the rug rather than talk about it more didn't have much impact.

There is certainly a need for stories out there which directly address dyslexia, but this one wasn't really a story so much as it was a pep talk. The illustrations are great - fun, funny, silly - and they place the "story" in the character's perspective... but it's still mostly 'tell' rather than 'show.' Very little action. No plot to speak of. Just the kid getting pep talks from teachers and parents and then testing out activities to find out what he's good at. I'm not sure there will be enough here to engage a child reader. I found the story pedantic, with little more than rah-rah cheerleading. Feels like a missed opportunity to offer some real insights and tools to kids with dyslexia to help them academically. Figuring out that you're good at basketball, like the main character does, isn't really sufficient to excel at school. 

Also, I'm concerned at the nugget of ableism embedded in the message - dyslexia is "a gift." I don't have dyslexia, but I have an invisible disability, and I hate the message that chronic illness, mental illness or physical disability is "a gift," something to be overcome, to triumph over. 

At the very least, if you insist on going this route, tell us why the dyslexia is a gift. Does it bring with it different ways of seeing the world? Are there truly upsides to it, that non-dyslexics don't experience? Again, I don't know, but if the author is going to use that language, it deserves some effort to explain or place it in context.

Only redeemed by the illustrations.

I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest, unbiased opinion.

Thanks to VanitaBooks and NetGalley for the advanced look at this book. I can't wait to buy it for several teachers at our school.  What a great way to encourage your students and raise money.  The character is interesting and the illustrations are awesome!