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My Three Best Friends and Me, Zulay
by Cari Best
Illustrator: Vanessa Brantley-Newton
Ages: 6+
Published: 2015
Publisher: Margaret Ferguson Books/Farrar Straus Giroux BFYR/Macmillan
ISBN: 978-0-374-38819-5
Keywords: Blindness, Disabilities, Social/Emotional Learning, Diversity, Persistence
Zulay, who is blind, loves her classroom and friends, but not using her sensory cane. She decides to run in a race to prove her mettle. Bright, cheerful illustrations.