From the well-known CBC journalist comes a story of hardship, resilience and repeatedly learning the same lesson. Peter Kavanagh was just an infant when he was diagnosed with paralytic polio and suffered permanent paralysis in the lower part of his left leg. As a child, Kavanagh endured painful medical procedures to even out the length of his legs, and experimental exercise techniques. He spent his youth in a leg brace and special footwear, isolating for a boy whose classmates ran freely in sneakers. His first lesson in walking was how to move while wearing such equipment. Throughout his life, as he developed a very successful career in public broadcasting, built a family, and indulged in his love of music and travel, Kavanagh underwent various surgeries and rehabilitation to give him "normal" mobility. The Man Who Learned to Walk Three Times is a moving memoir of a full life, and of learning the same lesson over and over. Like Oliver Sacks's books and Marni Jackson's classic Pain: The Fifth Vital Sign, it combines medical history with a very personal case study. It documents coping with one's pain, guilt and shame, and the anger that arises from being bullied. But this book is also a story of healing and rehabilitation, and of hard lessons, hard earned--about the courage to keep going and, if one way isn't working, the awareness and bravery to try something new. Over time, these decisions and lessons help form a sense of identity; as Kavanagh says, "Walking is the key to who I am."

The Man Who Learned to Walk Three Times: A Memoir

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Kavanagh, Peter

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Knopf Canada

The Soft-Hearted Sheepdog

Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress)

Green, Sylvia

scholastic

The Three Little Guinea Pigs

This story has very short and simple text, with bright supporting illustrations, helping the beginner reader to follow the story. It is part of a series created especially for children who are just beginning to read for themselves.

Three Little Guinea Pigs (Read with)

Scholastic Little Hippo

When Arthur finds his grandad's old magic staff, he wants to learn how to be a wizard. But when he's kidnapped by the evil duke's henchman, Arthur finds out that being a wizard isn't as easy as it looks.

Shooting Stars: Arthur the Wizard (Shooting Stars)

Reference

Hodder & Stoughton Childrens Division

The reader is invited to help Little Prince rescue his teddy from the clutches of a dragon by negotiating mazes and identifying objects.

The Little Prince and the Great Dragon Chase

Children's Books

B E S Pub Co

John Buchanan : the art of political survival

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Formac

Sacred Keeper: A Biography of Patrick Kavanagh

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Natl Poetry Foundation

The Complete Poems

Kavanagh, Patrick

Poetry

The Goldsmith Press Ltd

Patrick Kavanagh: 1904-1967, a life chronicle

Peter Kavanagh Hand Press

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