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Tahira Hamilton
Oct 06, 2008 rated it it was amazing
This is a book about a little girl who lives with her parents and her uncle who has Down syndrome. This book tells a tale of what it is like to grow up with someone who has special needs. The book gets its title because the uncle with Down syndrome does love clowns and the girl in this story carves clowns out of wood for her uncle to keep in his special box.
This book could be used as an art lesson to discuss both the historical and art history of wood carving. Students could do research into ho
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