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Armond Goes to a Party: A book about Asperger's and friendship Hardcover – Picture Book, April 10, 2014

by Nancy Carlson (Author), Armond Isaak (Author)

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Armond doesn’t want to go to Felicia’s birthday party. Parties are noisy, disorganized, and smelly—all things that are hard for a kid with Asperger’s. Worst of all is socializing with other kids. But with the support of Felicia and her mom, good friends who know how to help him, he not only gets through the party, but also has fun. When his mom picks him up, Armond admits the party was not easy, but he feels good that he faced the challenge—and that he’s a good friend. A great book for anyone to learn about coping with autism or Asperger’s.

Reading age

5 - 9 years
Print length

32 pages
Language

English
Grade level

Kindergarten - 3
Lexile measure

AD450L
Dimensions

11.5 x 0.5 x 9.75 inches
Publisher

Free Spirit Publishing
Publication date

April 10, 2014
ISBN-10

1575424665
ISBN-13

978-1575424668
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Gr 1–3—This picture book coauthored by a middle school student with Asperger's syndrome sheds light on the disorder. Armond is anxious about Felicia's upcoming birthday party. In many ways, he is like most kids—he loves to read, is obsessed with dinosaurs, and enjoys playing basketball. However, because Armond has Asperger's, he finds social situations challenging. After receiving some motherly advice about friendship, he decides to attend the party. When the boy arrives, his senses are immediately overloaded by the sights of balloons and bubbles, the smell of dirty diapers, the sounds of crying babies and loud guests, and the general disorder of the party. With triggered nerves, Armond asks for a break, and in return, Felicia and her mom give support, providing him with a quiet room to read and play. Now calm and ready to rejoin the group, he is happy to be included in the rest of the party's activities. The author employs her traditional illustrative style, artfully reflecting the world as a child with Asperger's might see it—full of distracting colors, shapes, and patterns mixing together. The cluttered and chaotic image of the party scene with Armond at the center evokes the isolation many kids with Asperger's have in similar situations. The "Note to Grown-Ups" is particularly valuable, with directives to adults about how they can support children with Asperger's in making friends. Except for the occasional metaphor, which might prove distracting to concrete and literal readers, the simple writing style makes this an accessible life-skills guide about friendship for children with autism spectrum disorders. This optimistic story is a worthwhile purchase for libraries seeking to increase their collection of inclusive material written for and about children with special needs.—Renee Grassi, Glen Ellyn Public Library, IL

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“With help from her coauthor, a middle schooler with Asperger’s syndrome, Carlson explains why a child with a spectrum disorder might be reluctant to attend a friend’s party. Yet with some peer understanding and adult assistance, the challenge can become an opportunity to have fun as well as be a friend . . . Both Armond’s distress and his relief and satisfaction are likely to move young audiences toward increased empathy for others with mental or physical differences.” ― Booklist

“An accessible life-skills guide about friendship for children with autism spectrum disorders. This optimistic story is a worthwhile purchase for libraries.” ― School Library Journal

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Free Spirit Publishing (April 10, 2014)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1575424665
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1575424668
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 5 - 9 years
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ AD450L
Grade level ‏ : ‎ Kindergarten - 3
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 11.5 x 0.5 x 9.75 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,788,302 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,941 in Children's Books on Disabilities
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- #21,620 in Children's Friendship Books

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B & A's Mom

Helps aspies and neurotypicals, alike.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 6, 2014

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Both of my kids and I like this book. It helps my aspie see that he is not alone in how he feels. It helps my 'neurotypical' child understand her brother (and a few classmates) a little more. Well done!

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K. McGovern

Great book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 20, 2014

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Love this book, it explains exactly how kids with Aperger's need a break from the chaos at times.

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Ashia of Books For Littles

Primer for internalized ableism

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 24, 2017

This book is a cautionary tale on internalized ableism and crappy parenting.

Even my allistic (non-autistic) husband thought Armond's mother's actions were ridiculous and abusive.

Armond is forced to go to a party that he FINDS PAINFUL TO ATTEND.

Despite knowing full well that he's had painful, overwhelming, awful experiences at parties before, his mother pressures him into attending a friend's party. This is not life or death. This is not a job interview that he needs to survive. This is an allistic person forcing an autistic person to do something painful and unpleasant purely for the comfort of the allistic people in his life.

When he gives straight-forward explanations to his mother for why he doesn't want to go, she dismisses his valid experience, stating "Felicia will feel sad if you don't help her celebrate her birthday. She's a good friend."

The author follows this up with: Felicia is a good friend because she listens to him talk about dinosaurs and doesn't care that he's autistic.

Image for a second considering someone a 'good friend' who would be comfortable with you experiencing unnecessary pain and distress. Imagine thinking "Wow what a great friend you are, you don't even mind that I'm female/black/left-handed."

Felicity sounds like a terrible friend if she's okay with putting Armond through that, and in exchange, all she has to do is not hate him simply because he's different from her. My friends don't expect me to suffer a loud, overwhelming party and if they felt 'sad' because I'm not there - that's on them for being self-centered.

Of course, Armond's mother pressures him into doing something he doesn't want to do (great practice to set him up for further grooming and abuse in the future, MOM) and he goes to the party. It's painful, nerve wracking, makes him feel sick, invisible, isolated, and terrible.

But remember - what's most important is that he's 'acting' allistic. Not his safety or sanity.

The moral of the story is he can ask for a break. Except in real life - can we really do that? Isn't it more othering and isolating to remove ourselves from a group while they go on to eat cupcakes and have fun? Wouldn't it be kinder to not other and isolate Armond in the first place by not making him go to this awful hellscape of a social event?

This is the nonsense autistic kids grow up with. This is how we internalize ableism, and this is what I was taught as a child - don't speak up for yourself, you don't have a right to comfort, sanity, or preferences - your entire life should be dedicated to making the allistic people around you more comfortable. Until I was 30 years old I NEVER said no to an allistic person asking me to do something uncomfortable, painful, and stressful because this is the way I was raised.

Allistic parents - Do not do this to your kids. Armond's mom needs to sit down and think about how she's setting her son up for a lifetime of self-hate and self-abuse.

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DelAnne

Being A Friend

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 11, 2014

Title: Armond Goes to a Party - A book about Aspergers and friendship
Author: Nancy Carlson & Armond Isaak
Illustrator: Nancy Carlson
Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing
Published: 4-15-2014
ISBN: 9781575424675
Pages: 26
Genre: Children's Fiction
Tags: Family & Friends, Autisim
Sensual Level: N/A
Overall Rating: Great
Reviewed For: NetGalley
Reviewer: DelAnne

Having worked with special needs children and having a nephew with Aspergers this book is a God send. As a family we understand his condition, but trying to explain it to others is not easy. Many see his outburst and reactions to situations as disciplinary problems and this book is the perfect way to show others about the problem and to remind my nephew he is not alone in his frustrations.

We all enjoyed the story and the illustrations, because they are done in comic book form. Something my nephew likes because they are short and colorful. If you have someone with Asperger or any form of Autism, you may wish to gift them and their family with this book to remind them that there is hope for their child to interact with other children from time to time if certain concessions are made.

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Amy Knepper

Relatable and Positive!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 7, 2015

My son picked up this book at the library. He was interested since it was about a boy with Asperger's. As he read, he kept remarking, "That's how I feel, too!" We brought home the book and the whole family (including my neurotypical daughter) enjoyed reading about Armond and how he manages his time at a birthday party.

I have to say, this was SO familiar. Helping him know he can ask for breaks, helping him see it's important to other kids that he's around, helping those around him understand why he's anxious. All of that is very familiar. I love how positively this was told, though. Armond wasn't weird or strange -- he just needed things a different way and that was totally okay!

I think this was a wonderful book for anyone wanting to learn about a child with Asperger's -- and great for a child with Asperger's to have someone awesome to relate to. Thanks, Armond!

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Ed Chicken

Ableist book written by someone who fundamentally doesn't understand autism.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 16, 2019

This is about a parent who doesn't know enough about autism to be anything but harmful.
It's also about an autistic boy whose perspective, comfort and safety aren't valued.
As an actual autistic adult, I would never recommend this book to anyone. Ever.

6 people found this helpful

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Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 1, 2016

Lovely book--reads nicely and has a great message.

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