Author: Millie Carr

Illustrator: Polina Povshedna

Category: Picture Book

Publisher: Millie Carr Books

Publication date: 27 July 2023

Blurb: “Your brain it works different, different you see. Different than others, neurotypically.”

Millie suspects she is different than others. On the outside she appears to be fine but what’s really going on in her head is a completely different story.

Unmasking Millie is a much needed story about visibility for girls and women with ADHD. It is a call to action to stop masking (something many girls/women with ADHD do) and embrace your differences.

Review: Unmasking Millie is a lovely picture book that tells a simple story about ADHD in girls. It shows how it can look like conformity on the outside, however there is so much going on inside that it can be hidden.

The story is simple, showing the differences, then realisation and diagnosis, and then being able to unmask and just be who you are.

While unmasking isn’t as simple as getting a diagnosis, this book shows that ADHD is not a ‘bad thing’, it’s simply a neurological difference. Unmasking can be different things to different people and a diagnosis is the start.

At the end, there are some questions and resources to help girls, parents and teachers to help them understand and get diagnosis and support.

A lovely picture book that would be helpful for families going through diagnosis as well as for those around them to understand what they are going through.

I read this from a free download on Amazon.

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Author: 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 Me You Don’t See is written by Sam Matthews, a young autistic person. Sam shares his story of the things we don’t see about why he does the things he does. He explains that kisses feel like snails and his mind is like a fast car. He also explains things like why he doesn’t complete jobs when they are not fully explained, and many more everyday aspects of life.

The thing that makes this book so powerful is that it is Sam’s story told in his own voice, not someone else telling his story. Sam first wrote this when he was 10 and published it when he was 11!

This is a powerful story that acknowledges that this is just one person’s experience of living with autism, and a book that should be in libraries everywhere to give those of us without autism a glimpse of what life is like. It will help with understanding and empathy.

The illustrations by Shez Kennington are bright and fun, and are a wonderful addition to the story.

A book I highly recommend.

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