Book #7 Zoom!

	Related Information	Comments
Name of Book:	Zoom	Very funny; chaotic family; far-out action
Author	Robert Munsch	http://robertmunsch.com/about
Illustrator	Michael Martchenko
Publisher	Scholastic Canada Ltd.
Year of Pub:	2003
ISBN:     (ISBN-13)	978-0439187749
Age range	3-9
Type of Disability	Unspecified	Not important to story
Fiction or Nonfiction	Fiction
Category:  D A) books that provide factual information about a disability B) books that provide information about a disability in a story format in which the character with a disability is integral to the plot C) books that provide stories that have a character with a disability who may or may not be integral to the storyline and who has been added to the story to achieve diversity and reflect reality D) books that include a main character with a disability but whose focus is not necessarily the disability
Annotation: Main character would like a faster wheelchair. She and mom go to pick one out from the wheelchair store. She speeds around in it and has a grand time but becomes bored and wants an even faster wheelchair. She gets one, and when her older brother cuts his finger, she straps him on her lap and speeds out the door to the hospital. She gets stopped for speeding but explains the situation to the police officer, who then provides an escort the rest of the way. Main character enjoys her heroine status and gets rewarded with . . . the newest, fastest, spiffiest wheelchair for sale. Illustrations are cartoon-like and add to the humor. Very fun!
Link to publisher:	http://www.scholastic.com
Links to professional reviews:	http://www.amazon.com/Zoom-Robert-Munsch/dp/0439187745  Scroll down for reviews from School Library Journal and Booklist; www.edutainingkids.com/reviews/bkzoom.html
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Standards for Quality Portrayal of Characters with a disability		Comments
1. Promotes empathy not pity	Neither	Readers identify with main character.
2. Promotes acceptance, not ridicule	Yes
3. Emphasizes success rather than, or in addition to failure	Yes	Main character saves the day.
4. Promotes positive images of persons with disabilities or illness	Yes	Humor makes the character.
5. Assists children in gaining accurate understanding of the disability or illness	No	The nature of the disability is not relevant in this story.
6. Demonstrates respect for persons with disabilities or illness	Yes
7. Promotes attitude of “one of us” not “one of them.”	Yes
8. Uses people-first language	Yes
9. Describes the disability or person with disabilities or illness as realistic (not subhuman or superhuman)	No
10. Depicts people with disabilities as more similar to than different from other people	Yes	Character wants speed and adventure.
11. Shows peoples’ strengths and abilities along with their disabilities	Yes
12. Represents characters as strong, independent people who others can admire or learn from	Yes	Character knows what she wants and how to get it. She is also savvy and creative.
13. Represents people with disabilities from different racial and cultural backgrounds, religions, age groups, and sexual orientations	No	Characters are white
14. Shows people with disabilities in integrated settings and activities	Yes
15. Shows people with disabilities in valued occupations and diverse roles.	Yes
16. Shows people with disabilities in reciprocal relationships	Yes
17. Main character develops and grows emotionally as a result of what happens in the story	Somewhat	Main character develops in that her ambitions for her wheelchair keep getting bigger.