THE GIRL WITH MANY FACES is specifically written to encourage children who may have some difficulties in making friends because they look different; but all children can benefit from this story. It can remind anyone that the world is full of many different people and that we are all different in our own special way. It also teaches children not to judge friends by the way they look! *********** This story is based on my first book, BREN-DEE: A Child Who Survived on Bookmarks, about the challenges I faced as a child with facial differences. This book tells about my experiences in school that made social interaction difficult and academic respect hard-won, and how I survived my most heartbreaking adversity. My Love & Prayers to ALL! Brenda Scott-Coleman
Brenda Scott-Coleman was a healthy, ordinary baby until a minor traffic incident changed her life. While riding on her aunt’s lap on the way to her six-month-old checkup, slick roads and an unsteady driver threw Brenda forward where she hit her face on the car’s dashboard. The impact was so minor no one, not even the doctor, knew anything was wrong. But it pushed Brenda’s still-developing jawbone up alongside her skull, and her mouth formed a permanent clench. The poor, small coal mining town where Brenda lived didn’t provide medical care and support. She grew up making accommodations for her facial differences. She ate the softest food, hid her face in public, and relied on her family and her faith in God to comfort her, especially when she was old enough to attend school. In Uniquely Beautiful, she chronicles the challenges she faced with facial differences. Written as a letter based on her life learning to live with being different, her story serves to inspire girls who may be teased because of the way they look. Brenda hopes sharing her experiences will help improve others’ self-image and give them higher aspirations and expectations about themselves.
SHE ENDURED ADVERSITY! Just imagine, as a child and living with a face quite different from other children...school days were "hell" and a hospital became "heaven." The adversity she faced has helped her to be a more kind, sincere and loving person to others. She loves people and upon reading this story you will find that people love her.
Are You Different? is the beginning of a series about the characters in my book The Girl with Many Faces: Our Friends Are All Different. The mirror is one of the faces that made a little girl’s wish come true by helping her find a friend for a day. I encourage children to read this book because it will give them a better understanding about how we all look different in so many ways. We should not judge one another by the way we look, especially when it comes to having fun at the playground in the schoolyard.
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