Peg Kehret (born Margaret Ann Schulze on November 11, 1936) is an American author, primarily writing for children between the ages of 10 and 15. After beating three types of polio at age 12, …

Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio is a memoir of author Peg Kehret's childhood experience of polio. [1] The book won the Golden Kite Award in 1997.

1996年1月1日 · Gr 5-8-Twelve-year-old Peg contracts polio in 1949, but she survives the initial paralysis and eventually learns to walk again. Her engaging account will fascinate readers as …

2012年5月22日 · When I was stricken with polio at the age of twelve, I spent many weeks in a wheelchair, which I named Silver, after the Lone Ranger’s horse. Eventually I transitioned to …

Peg Kehret has always loved to write. As a child she wanted to be a writer or a veterinarian. She included animals in most of her books and, although she has retired from writing, she still …

2021年7月6日 · The author describes her battle against polio when she was thirteen and her efforts to overcome its debilitating effects Access-restricted-item true

The doctor explains that Peg has two types of polio: spinal polio, which causes paralysis, and respiratory polio, which makes breathing difficult. Peg is transferred via ambulance and …

1996年1月1日 · What was it like to transform from a healthy 12-year-old to a young girl paralyzed by polio in just the space of a few days? In her fictionalized memoir, children’s author Peg …

1996年1月1日 · The book small steps is about a teen girl named peg that just discovered she has polio, Her parents rushed her to the hospital to see if she could overcome this terrible disease. …