Although my reading lately has involved a number of toy catalogs and other holiday magazines, I have still managed to squeeze in some books for me! Here’s what I have open at the moment:
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
Having enjoyed reading her previous novels, Prep and The Man of My Dreams, I was inspired to pick this one up as well. I am just a couple of chapters into it and am so refreshed by how good her writing is. I tend to read a lot of light contemporary fiction (both Christian and secular) and, while some of the authors are very skilled, much of it leaves a lot to be desired in terms of depth.
My Social Stories Book by Carol Gray and Abbie Leigh White
This is a collection of Social Stories for young children, many of them illustrated and even having step by step directions. As Carol Gray says in the introduction, these stories “describe what most of us dismiss as obvious, patiently considering the world through the eyes of a child with an ASD. A Social Story can inform, reassure, instruct, console, support, praise, and correct children with ASD and those who work on their behalf.”
Last night we read the stories about brushing teeth because Michael was very upset about a new loose tooth that he has. He has already lost three, but this one is coming right at the time when he is very sensitive to the concept of loss. He was crying about the mommy and daddy teeth hating the baby teeth and pushing them out of the way and saying that he wanted them to stay together. We worked through it, but sometimes I think our tendency to personify objects with human characteristics definitely backfires!
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I loved losing my baby teeth. It meant money.
I have American Wife on my to be read list.. Have fun reading
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I’m totally going to try that social stories book. That sounds great!
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I never anticipated how tricky that losing teeth thing can be. When my newest daughter first realized she’d get money for lost teeth, she decided to extract another for extra money! Yikes!
It’s always the stuff I think will be easy that gets me.
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