These books are for reading to children, either just as bed time story books, or as a therapeutic tool to explain their difficulties. They are written with empathy and humour, and involve the children in doing tasks and finding different hidden objects in each book. They are full colour, A5, firm soft cover books. On the back cover of each book, there is a section for parents and teachers with valuable information on ways of recognizing the different difficulties, and ways of overcoming them (activity ideas). I forsee them getting used by children, parents, teachers, occupational therapists, remedial teachers, psychologists, paediatricians and many more people involved with children.
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Frumpy gets in a knot | "Frumpy Gets Into A Knot" is about an elephant with motor planning difficulties who cannot do tasks that require planning: he struggles with eating, slurping up water and charging. It is about how he masters the task of charging and his sense of accomplishment at the end. |
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Asteraceas' B's and D's | "Asteracea's B's and D's" is a about a poor little owl who has perceptual problems (dyslexia). She gets all her letters and numbers muddled and reads things in reverse. With a name like Asteracea, she really battles. After much help from her Mom and doing puzzles and perceptual activities, her perception improves, but she still battles with her name. Then she too, meets Prickles, who tells her that Asteracea means "Star" and that it is the fancy name for the daisy family, and suggests that she uses that as her nickname. Asteracea/Star is thrilled, especially since it spells Rats backwards and she loves those too! |
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Sensitive Squelches' Hide Out | "Sensitive Squelch's Hide Out" is about a little frog with sensory defensiveness who has a bully of a brother, Squish, who is a bit sensory dormant. Squelch has a secret hide out - a quiet pool in the forest. One day his pool gets found by a squirrel (Prickles) who is also sensory defensive. They compare notes, introduce gravitational insecurity, and find great support in having a friend who understands. |
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Vergets's Monkey Problems | "Verget's Monkey problems" is a story about a vervet monkey who fidgets all the time because of low muscle tone (Vervet + Fidget = Verget), and he meets another monkey with low muscle tone and together they set up weekly contests with good activities that help shoulder girdle stability etc. |
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Nyabile's Sports Day | "Nyabile's Sports Day" is about a giraffe with bilateral integration difficulties who is terrified of making a fool of herself at sports day. It explains crossing of the midline clearly to kids, such that 4 year olds can explain to me exactly where their midline is, what side of the brain works with which side of the body, and what the problem is! |
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The African Collection | Nine stories about physical and learning difficulties to promote acceptance and empower all children and caregivers |
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