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TITLE OF THE PUBLICATION
The owl with golden wings
SURNAME AND NAME OF AUTHOR(S)
Meropi Matta
PUBLISHER
Publications Ziti
PLACE AND DATE OF PUBLICATION
Athens, 2012
TYPE OF PUBLICATION
Book
LANGUAGE OF THE DOCUMENT
Greek
LANGUAGE OF THE REVIEW
English
THEMATIC AREA
Students with learning difficulties
DESCRIPTION OF CONTENTS
The tale that gives a touch of hope in the special children who can not "fly" and expect the society around them to give them "golden wings" to enable them to exploit their special abilities and take off.
"The owl with gold wings" is a fairy tale dedicated to the author's brother Eugene, a child with Noonan syndrome and all the "different" children of the world .
The hero of the tale, the little Kung , is a different owl which can not fly like his brothers. One day he discovers an unexpected gift from a true friend, giving wings to fly to the moon and to realize his dreams.
COMMENTS ON THIS PUBLICATION
The fairytale tries to give the concept of diversity. The text is simple and the narrative flows freely giving a note of optimism. The children really can learn to accept diversity.
WHERE TO FIND IT
http://www.specialeducation.gr/frontend/article.php?aid=305&cid=137
Name of Compiler
Spiros Sirmakessis
Name of Institution
Technological Educational Institute of Western Greece
Role in the institution
Professor

20 December 2014

Final Partners’ meeting

The fourth partners’ meeting took place in Florence (IT) on 15 December 2014. The meeting had the objective to check the activities carried out since the third meeting of the project and share and assess the in progress results. A special focus has been dedicated to the presentation of the strategies to solve the case scenarios.