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Pretending to be Normal: Living with Asperger’s Syndrome – expanded edition.
Yesterday’s book-on-a-train was Pretending to be Normal, Living with Asperger’s Syndrome (Autistic Spectrum Disorder) by Liane Holliday Willer – the new expanded edition. The original book came out in 1999 so there’s an additional 15 years of reflection on AS life to be added. Compelling and witty, Liane Holliday Willey’s account of growing to adulthood…
Motherhood #voiceofmums
Motherhood. It means so many different things to different people. For me, when I think of motherhood, I think of that moment when I first held each child in my arms, and it felt like something physically rearranged inside me to fit this new person into my heart. It’s a powerful emotion. At that moment…
Books to open your eyes.
I think I was reading dystopian fiction before it was called that. I remember reading The Chrysalids (kindle) at school, and wishing I would suddenly discover that I was telepathic. (And the first seeds of thoughts about the rights and wrongs of judging appearances and differences were sown. ) There was A Wrinkle in Time,…
LEGO®-Based Therapy – These kids are from my planet
So, I’ve been reading How to build social competence through LEGO®-based clubs for children with autism and related conditions (Daniel B. LeGoff, Gina Gómez de la Cuesta, GW Krauss and Simon Baron-Cohen) for a little while now. The premise is basically that if you have a structured environment and activity, you can use it to…
Win the new Jane Green novel, Saving Grace
Recently, I was lucky enough to read and review the new Jane Green novel, Saving Grace. It’s rather meatier than your usual chick lit, although still retailing as women’s fiction – I personally think the cover (although very striking) is a bit misleading, but then again, reading mainly eArcs on kindle, I guess I’m not…
Win a copy of Endgame: The calling containing a life changing competition.
So I got to read the pre release excerpt of Endgame: the Calling. It’s a fascinating idea – a book with a competition built into it. The competition prize is a life changing amount of gold. That made you sit up, didn’t it? Read a book, win a competition, change your life. Buy at Amazon…
The Giver by Lois Lowry
I’m not quite sure why I haven’t read the Giver before now. And I’m not quite sure why I really wanted to read it now. Someone recommended it, but I can’t remember who. Thank you, anyway. The Giver is dystopian fiction. Without guns. Without violence. The main character is 12 (looking at the film publicity…
Montessori moments with the movable alphabet
We got another part of our new Montessori equipment out this week. This time it was the movable alphabet. (We have the red and blue version of this Small Movable Alphabet Letters from Amazing Child Montessori on Amazon. The movable alphabet is used as part of the Montessori techniques for teaching reading and writing. Its…
Red Leaves by Sita Brahmachari
Aisha is a thirteen-year-old refugee living in London. Happy for the first time since leaving her war-torn home, she is devastated when her foster mother announces that a new family has been found for her and she will be moving on. Feeling rejected and abandoned, Aisha packs her bags and runs away, seeking shelter in…
Giveaway: The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus 1) – 4 copies
You may have seen I have a giveaway for Blood of Olympus running already. (If not, do pop over and check out the trailer!) Due to a *slight* mixup, I’m pleased to bring you a giveaway for 4 copies of the first book in the Heroes of Olympus series, The Lost Hero. OLD ENEMIES AWAKEN…
