![]() ![]() Thompson's lyrical prose and Qualls's bold collage illustrations offer a powerful celebration of triumphing over adversity.Includes an author's note with more information about Emmanuel's charity. ![]() hree Best Friends and Me, Zulay, : Cari Best and Vanessa Brantley-Newton. Today, Emmanuel continues to work on behalf of the disabled. Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, : Laurie Ann Thompson and Sean Qualls. ![]() He rode an astonishing four hundred miles across Ghana in 2001, spreading his powerful message: disability is not inability. As a boy, Emmanuel hopped to school more than two miles each way, learned to play soccer, left home at age thirteen to provide for his family, and, eventually, became a cyclist. Born in Ghana, West Africa, with one deformed leg, he was dismissed by most people-but not by his mother, who taught him to reach for his dreams. Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah's inspiring true story-which was turned into a film, Emmanuel's Gift, narrated by Oprah Winfrey-is nothing short of remarkable. ![]()
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