A Circle of Children Author:Mary MacCracken How could you reach out and touch children like: Brian, a nine year old who had only eaten saltine crackers and chocolate milk since he was a baby, and flapped his arms like he was an airplane, ... Alice, who spent her whole day drawing different breasts... Rufus, who dressed like a miniature middle-aged business man, and acted like a violent in... more »fant,... Jenny, who walked in a permanant crouch because she was convinced she was a dog...
One of the most moving, powerful, and prfoundly enlightening books, not only about disturbed children, but all children ever written.
This is a story of a teacher with a listening heart who learned how to understand her children's private hells of anger, confusion, hurt, and tragic loneliness. It is the inspiring, ultimately triumphant story of her no-holds-barred war against the darkness of their lives, and how she searched for, and found, the individual keys to free them.« less