Alabama NewsCenter — Auburn University EAGLES Student, Recent Alumna Publish Children’s Book About Friendship, Inclusion
By Neal Reid
Auburn University
Auburn University EAGLES student Anna Moates and recent College of Education graduate Anna Penland have written and published a new children’s book telling the story of their friendship.
Moates is a fourth-year student in the college’s EAGLES program — for students with intellectual disabilities — collaborated with Penland, now a first-grade teacher at Augusta Circle Elementary in Greenville, South Carolina, on a book titled “Almost Twins: A Story of Friendship and Inclusion.” The self-published book, which features illustrations by Pavithra Pyarilal, tells Moates’ story as a young woman with Down syndrome in an open and educational way designed to reach children.
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