My Brother is Special, My Brother Has Autism tells the story of a little girl's wish of having a baby brother. It covers the anticipation a big sibling feels as she prepares for her new role in the family. My Brother is Special, My Brother Has Autism highlights the journey of a family as they come to realize that their long awaited little boy is changing from the happy toddler they knew into an introverted less verbal boy. This story, as seen through the eyes of a sibling, expresses the confusion and pain a family feels when a diagnosis of autism is made. The story also highlights the beauty...

Death is difficult enough for adults to understand and to accept. Explaining death to children seems nearly impossible, in addition to being painful. It doesn't matter if the death is of a family member, a friend, or a beloved pet. The permanency of death is difficult to explain and to comprehend. In this book about two dachshunds, a child learns from these two lead characters that death is painful, and always unexpected, even if one tries to prepare for the inevitable. This story can help an adult explain death to a child. In, "You're In Charge Koko," difficult questions are addressed and...

Cuando un nino nace con una incapacidad, los padres lamentan lo que podia haber sido. Ellos han recibido un golpe emocional muy fuerte y puede ser que necesiten tiempo para adaptarse. Cuando hay otros ninos en la familia, los padres, puede que esten muy involucrados en su propia afliccion para entender el impacto que este acontecimiento inesperado esta teniendo en sus otros hijos. Los ninos ven a los adultos afligidos y tensos y no pueden entender lo que esta pasando. Ellos tambien se estaban preparando para el nacimiento de su hermano y lo que esta sucediendo no es lo que ellos esperaban...

Mi Hermano es Especial, Mi Hermano Tiene Autismo narra la historia del deseo de una nina de tener un hermano. La historia cubre la anticipacion que siente una hermana mayor al prepararse para su nuevo papel en la familia. Mi Hermano es Especial, Mi Hermano Tiene Autismo refleja el recorrido de una familia cuando se da cuenta que su gran esperado pequeno esta cambiando del alegre nino que ellos conocian a un nino introvertido y menos comunicativo. Esta historia, vista a traves de los ojos de una hermana mayor, expresa la confusion y el dolor que una familia siente cuando se enfrenta con un...

Adoption is sometimes difficult to talk about. Honesty is always the best policy. Being honest with children and explaining things in a way that they can understand in whatever stage of development they are in, is important. Sometimes adults overthink the explanation. You can't go wrong with the truth, worded in a warm and caring manner. We all want to know where we came from and children who are adopted are no different. The less mystery the better. Even if children have heard the explanation before, the subject will emerge again at various times in their life. As children grow and mature,...

If having a teacher with pink hair, having people jabbering at you in a language you don't understand and reading books about a dog named Spot who only runs around with two little kids named Dick and Jane is paradise, then Maria is knee deep in it. Paradise sure isn't what she expected. She had expected wonders and excitement, not fear and stomach aches every single day. She hardly ever sees her parents these days and she certainly doesn't understand this English everybody speaks to her in. She misses the familiar. She misses her grandparents. She misses being able to talk to people and she...