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Review: The Wonderful Thing about Phoenix Rose
Categories: Book ReviewContinue Reading: Review: The Wonderful Thing about Phoenix RoseAuthor: Josephine Moon Category: Novel Publisher: Penguin Random House Publication date: 18 April 2023 Blurb: Phoenix Rose, a 35-year-old neurodivergent teacher, is at a crossroads in her career and in her relationship with her boyfriend, Zack. But when she receives an urgent plea from a friend in Tasmania who needs to rehome her beloved animals, Phoenix, who has always led…
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Review: Different, Not Less
Categories: Book ReviewContinue Reading: Review: Different, Not LessAuthor: Chloe Hayden Category: Memoir Publisher: Murdoch Books Publication date: 4 April 2023 Blurb: An empowering lived-experience guide to celebrating and supporting neurodivergence from 24-year-old actor, social media star and advocate Chloé Hayden. Growing up, Chloé Hayden felt like she’d crash-landed on an alien planet where nothing made sense. Eye contact? Small talk? And WHY are you people so…
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As Is…
Categories: UncategorizedContinue Reading: As Is…A while ago, I discovered a YouTube channel called How to ADHD, and the videos have been quite helpful in understanding ADHD. Someone in a Facebook group shared a video today that had me in tears. Click here to view it. It’s talking about how we are enough ‘as is’, we don’t have to overcome to be…
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Review: Secret Science Society’s Spectacular Experiment
Categories: Book ReviewContinue Reading: Review: Secret Science Society’s Spectacular ExperimentAuthor: Kathy Hoopmann, & Josie Montano Illustrator: Ann-Marie Finn Category: Middle Grade Publisher: Wombat Books Publication date: 10 August 2019 Blurb: Mona likes to moan.Kiki is a worry-wart.Bart loves following rules.And Zane HATES following rules. When the four of them are put into The Secret Science Society together, this could only mean one thing: DISASTER! Will they be able to…
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Review: The Me You Don’t See
Continue Reading: Review: The Me You Don’t SeeAuthor: Sam Matthews Illustrator: Shaz Kennington Category: Picture Book Publisher: Lilly Pilly Publishing Publication date: 14 November 2020 Blurb: Some people say I am oppositional, disrespectful and uncooperative. That’s the me you see. What you don’t see is WHY I act the way I do. Have you ever wondered what autism feels like, on the inside? This is my story Review: The…
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Review: Paws
Continue Reading: Review: PawsAuthor: Kate Foster Category: Middle Grade Publisher: Walker Books Publication date: 7 April 2021 Blurb: At home, Alex’s best friend is Kevin the cockapoo, although what he wants most of all is a friend at school. But that is harder than he ever expected. A touching story about learning that friendship isn’t one size fits all and is often found…
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Impressions of Autism Growing Up
Categories: UncategorizedContinue Reading: Impressions of Autism Growing UpWhen I was younger, my first exposure to autism was a book. The October Child by Eleanor Spence was the CBCA winner in 1977, the year I was born. My birthday was in October. So I picked it up to read. This featured a family with a child with autism. The view I had of autism was…
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Introducing Womby
Categories: UncategorizedContinue Reading: Introducing WombyGrowing up, I loved teddy bears. They were great to cuddle and I had a half hearted collection for a while. When we were in Nepal, all I wanted was a teddy bear, and I got one in the missionary barrels. Even as a teen and young adult, teddy bears were among my favourite things.…