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You are cordially invited to meet a lake monster and his mom.
Trevor's not like most lake monsters. While he loves spending his days building mountain ranges out of the mud on the banks of Lake Eerie, he's bad at swimming and disinterested in fishing.
Child psychologist Dr Lena Spyros has a lot of experience helping young people of all descriptions overcome struggles and, realizing Trevor's behaviors and interests put him on the autism spectrum, Dr Spyros helps this laker and his mother Bessie find the best ways to help Trevor thrive.
With fourteen beautiful full-color drawings, readers of 7-11 years old get to wade into Trevor's life in the lake, his journey to diagnosis, then learn more about autism in the second half of the book as Trevor and Dr Spyros exchange friendly, informative postcards.
Improbable Press' "Postcards" series is an imaginative fantasy set talking about issues important to kids.
Trevor's not like most lake monsters. While he loves spending his days building mountain ranges out of the mud on the banks of Lake Eerie, he's bad at swimming and disinterested in fishing.
Child psychologist Dr Lena Spyros has a lot of experience helping young people of all descriptions overcome struggles and, realizing Trevor's behaviors and interests put him on the autism spectrum, Dr Spyros helps this laker and his mother Bessie find the best ways to help Trevor thrive.
With fourteen beautiful full-color drawings, readers of 7-11 years old get to wade into Trevor's life in the lake, his journey to diagnosis, then learn more about autism in the second half of the book as Trevor and Dr Spyros exchange friendly, informative postcards.
Improbable Press' "Postcards" series is an imaginative fantasy set talking about issues important to kids.
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Ethan Knutson
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“Postcards From a Lake Monster is a whimsically cute and informative story about a young autistic lake monster, trying to navigate his life and learn more about what makes him unique at the behest of his caring mother and child psychologist Dr. Lena Spyros. As someone who does not have autism, I will admit that it can be easy to overlook differences, like autism, out of a lack of resources and lack of discussion surrounding the topic. I think that this book does a beautiful job of explaining what some of the symptoms of autism are, how they affect individuals, how each individual is different, and why it's important to understand those who may be different than us. I think what makes this book so special is that it feels genuine, and you can tell it was written by someone who understands the struggles of learning to work with your differences and more importantly, why they make you, you. This was such a beautiful way to approach the subject, and I suspect the more it's message is shared, the more children will be positively reassured of themselves, and will hopefully bring comfort to those seeking answers about autism and how their brain functions because of it. I'd like to finish by saying that I'm so glad to have read this book, I think we can all be better allies to those different than ourselves, just by exposing ourselves to their stories and understanding them in a more intimate way.”
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