Sometimes My Brother: Helping Kids Understand Autism Through a Sibling's Eyes [Paperback]

Angie Healy (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up

Winner of an iParenting Media Award, this adorable picture book shows readers the challenges that children with autism face and the obstacles they overturn. It is lovingly written in the perspective of three-year-old Foster, who explains his experiences with his older brother, Gavin, who has autism. Vibrant photographs bring you right into their living room, school, and playground. Foster's innocent approach is perfect for teaching others what autism is all about, and for letting other siblings of children with autism know that they are not alone. Angie Healy, the boys' mother, provides a how-to section at the end so families can create their own personalized books.

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About the Author

Angie Healy is a high school English teacher at Flower Mound High School in Texas. A graduate of Arizona State University, she has worked in the education field for the past twelve years as a middle school teacher, preschool director, and senior high teacher. She is the mother of the two young boys photographed in her book. Her biggest and most rewarding challenge in life has been the birth of her son Gavin; she finds him fascinating. He has enabled her to see life through different eyes and has helped her to become a better teacher.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 52 pages
• Publisher: Future Horizons (December 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932565310
• ISBN-13: 978-1932565317
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #477,846 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for helping children to understand autism!, April 3, 2006

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S. Gotwalt (Carrollton, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sometimes My Brother: Helping Kids Understand Autism Through a Sibling's Eyes (Paperback)

I just read this book and it is a great way to explain the characteristics of autism to young children. Autism is a very complex subject and it's very hard to bring it down to a child's level. My son has autism and has many of the traits mentioned in this book. The author explains them all very well. The author gives suggestions on how to personalize the story for other families/children. This is great - then you can take your personalized story to your church, school or even young members of your family to help them to understand autism.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best book I've found about Autism!, January 24, 2008

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M. Mason (Maryland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sometimes My Brother: Helping Kids Understand Autism Through a Sibling's Eyes (Paperback)

This book is truly the best book to explain Autism to a child or a sibling of an Autistic child. The text is easy to understand and relate to as a child and the pictures are amazing. I have a son with Autism and this book helped to explain to my younger son without Autism why his brother does some of the things that he does. I am also a 3rd grade teacher and I have read the book to my class and they really enjoyed it and related to the book. We had lots of great discussions and they have a much better understanding of Autism. I also love the way that the author has given suggestions in the back of the book to how you can personalize this book for your own loved one with Autism. I would recommend this book to anyone that needs an easy to understand book about Autism.

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Helpful, March 31, 2011

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Presley Green "Presley" (Las Vegas, NV USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sometimes My Brother: Helping Kids Understand Autism Through a Sibling's Eyes (Paperback)

My son is older than his autistic brother but was very much able to relate to just about everything in this book. It opened up a door for my older son to talk about his issues that he has with his autistic brother. He is now interested in reading more about autisim and realizes he's not the only one who has a unique family member. Which of course...we wouldn't have it any other way. He's our little man. :)