Nikki Saunders, the author of this wonderful children’s book is a mother of 2 children who have autism. She wrote the book as she struggled to find child friendly literature on the subject when her boys were diagnosed.
The book has a bright front cover in my favourite colour purple
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From start to finish the book promotes autism as a positive thing.
I particularly like the first page which uses the word autism as an acumen relating to these positives.
My awesome autism has lovely illustrations throughout and explains autism in a simple way that children will understand. It explains how we are all different, in ways other than being autistic
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This book would be fantastic for explaining about autism to children who have the condition and equally to explain to those who are not affected by it, but want to understand more, if they know someone who is.
Disclosure: I was sent the book for the purpose of this review, but all opinions are my own.
I love this book and therefore recommend it to everyone; parents, carers, grandparents and especially early years practitioners as Ofsted inspectors would be impressed by seeing it on a book shelf in settings.
The book is published by Austin Macauley. it retails at £9.99 and would be suitable for age 3 years plus.
Buy it here
As always questions and comments (which I love to read) are welcome.
Until next time.
Karen
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I can’t wait to read it and share it with families. Thanks for the review
What a gem of a book, sounds like there is a gap for something like this. #GlobalBlogging
It sounds like a book that inspires positivity in Autism, and a good introduction. As a parent of 3 autistic children I feel it may have helped. #KLTR
I will be on the lookout for it.
What a lovely book, I think we are aware of medical conditions in young and old but rarely get the chance to actually understand how it effects people . These children are special and the idea of the acumen is brilliant. As usual another interesting blog . I am sure the book will be very popular .
That sounds like a great and sweet book for kids.
This sounds like a fab book for all to read. Adults and children alike!
Sounds like a book that should be in every classroom.
Looks like a wonderful book – it is important to understand and appreciate our differences. The sooner we can teach this to our children, the better! #TwinklyTuesday
I think ill invest in this! thanks for sharing
Nice! I think it’s important for kids to see they’re ‘normal’, no matter what the variation they have. Being in books is a good way to do this. #Stayclassymama
This sounds like a fabulous book for helping to explain autism to children and I like that it highlights that we are all different and has such a positive focus to it. #KidsandKreativity
What a lovely idea. Kids really would benefit from learning about autism and I am especially thinking about my daughters because right now they know very little. Awareness is key. I will definitely keep an eye out for books like this the next time we are in the library.Thank you for linking up to #globalblogging !
Anything that helps children understand why others are different in some way can only be a good thing. This looks like a lovely book too. #twinklytuesday
I think this sounds like a fantastic book, I look forward to seeing it at my local bookstore and or library! #kidsandkreativity
This sounds a fab book!
How lovely to portray autism in a positive way and help other children to understand the chalenges that they may face. Thanks for linking up with #stayclassymama
Looks like a great little book to explain Autism in a positive way that children can understand. Thnaks again for linking up to #KidsandKreativity x
Wouldn’t it be great if schools had these books? Thanks for sharing with #PoCoLo
Yes, it would, more and more early years settings are raising awareness of special needs, I did when I was working as a registered child minder, thanks for stopping by and leaving a question
This looks great, books are are always such a fantastic way to help children to understand different issues #KLTR