4th Graders at Carlo Collodi illustrated drawings and designed posters to recognise the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, which is on Dec 3rd. Carlo Collodi is one of the 4 primary schools of the institute of Occhiobello, near Rovigo, in the region Veneto. Their drawings were inspired by my book ‘Amazing’ which is about a boy and his amazing pet dragon. The boy happens to use a wheelchair. The reason I created this book is because I once worked as Support Worker for students with special needs and couldn’t find a picture book featuring a wheelchair user as a main character that wasn’t about the wheelchair.

It’s always lovely to see how teachers use picture books in their classrooms. I absolutely love these drawings and posters!