KEARNEY, Neb., May 11 -- The University of Nebraska Kearney issued the following news release:

By HEIDI KNAKE

UNK Communications

SUMNER - At the beginning of each school year, Emme Brown gathers her kindergartners at Sumner-Eddyville-Miller Schools to read "The World Needs Who You Were Made to Be" by Joanna Gaines.

The book celebrates children of all kinds, some in wheelchairs and others wearing glasses, using their creativity to build hot air balloons. On the final page, the balloons fill the sky, each one a different color, shape and size.

"See how beautiful it can be when our differences share the same sky?" the last line reads.

For Brown, that message is more than a lesson - it's a way of life.

The University of Nebraska at Kearn...