D&M Publishers
Canadian distributors for:
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Boy In Motion

Book details:

May 2009
ISBN 978-1-55365-427-8
Paperback
8" x 11"
48 pages
Children's
Biography & Autobiography
$12.00 CAD

Awards

  • Nominated for a Silver Birch Express Award
  • Nominated for the Chocolate Lily Book Award

Greystone Books

Boy In Motion

Rick Hansen's Story

By: Ainslie Manson
Illustrated by: Renne Benoit

“Luminous watercolors amplify this very fine biographical picture book.” —Globe and Mail

As a young boy, Rick Hansen loved fishing from the moment he dangled a willow fishing rod over the water and felt that first tug on the line. Then, on his way back from a fishing trip, his life was changed forever when the truck he was riding in flipped as it rounded a sharp curve.

In Boy in Motion we meet the boy who loved to fish and play ball, and the young man who learned that as a paraplegic he did not have to leave behind fishing or ballgames or any of his other dreams. Instead, his dreams grew and grew, and he went on to change the lives of many people. This is Rick Hansen’s story, a story of courage and triumph sure to touch and inspire young readers everywhere.

About the Author

Ainslie  Manson

Ainslie Manson

Ainslie Manson is the author of ten books for children, two biographies, and two chapter books for nine- to thirteen-year-olds. She has lived, studied, ...

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