My new shirt
Canadian fiction, Family stories, Humourous fiction
Human-transcribed braille
Summary
Receiving the yearly birthday gift from his grandmother has become David's living nightmare. The "surprise" she always has for him never varies. How can he stop this never-ending flow of stiff, white, scratchy? David closes his eyes and imagines a… long line of shirts stretching on forever. Then suddenly, without really intending to, he has done the unthinkable. Grades K-3 and older readers. 2007.