My art, my world / Rita Winkler, with Helen Winkler and Mark Winkler.
Material type:![Text](/opac-tmpl/lib/famfamfam/BK.png)
- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781772602142
- 1772602140
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | Children's Biography | WINKLER, R. W775 | Available | 33111010803910 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Rita: Do we have any boxes?
Mom: Sure, Why do you need a box?
Rita: My teacher says I have to think outside the box!
Approaching her daily life with enthusiasm and humour, Rita rides public transit to her job working at a university coffee shop. She takes yoga and folk dance classes and enjoys drama and music at a day program, and she practices using sign language. In My Art, My World, Rita shows us her love for the world through her great passion: making beautiful and fun works of art.
Proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to organizations that enhance the lives of people with developmental disabilities.
"Rita Winkler is a young woman living with Down syndrome. My Art, My World shows us the world as she sees it: a place full of joy, color, and the delight of life with her family and friends. Approaching her daily life with enthusiasm and a dry sense of humor, Rita rides public transit to her job working at a university coffee shop. She takes yoga and folk dance classes and enjoys drama and music at a day program, and she continues to practice using sign language. Rita's great passion is making art. Here she shows her love for the world in fun and beautiful works of art."-- Provided by publisher.