Overview

This reassuring picture book explains what autism is in simple terms, helping children with siblings or classmates with autism understand what everyday life feels like from a child with autism's perspective.

The Series

The superb A First Look At series consists of a number of reassuring picturebooks that give advice and promote interaction between children, parents, and teachers on a wide variety of personal, social, and emotional issues.

Additional Resources

Notes for parents and teachers at the back of the book provide valuable advice for how to share this book with your child or class.

Suitable For

Suitable for Key Stage 1 (ages 5-7), occasional prompts throughout the text give a chance to discuss the issue being raised.

About the Book

Written by trained psychotherapist, journalist, and parent, and illustrated by an experienced children’s book artist, this is a part of an acclaimed and successful, long-running series of picture-book non-fiction books for Early Years. Books in the series give advice and promote interaction between children, parents, and teachers on a wide variety of personal, social, and emotional issues. They are excellent tools for teachers to use during classroom discussions.