Category: Book reviews
Sunday book review: Dyslexia is my superpower (most of the time)
My own daughter taught me: dyslexic children are very good at telling you what they need to learn. Margaret Rooke’s book “Dyslexia is my superpower (most of the time)” gives these kids a voice. We need to listen.
Book review: Looking for heroes–One boy, one year, 100 letters
Like many dyslexic teenagers, Aidan Colvin can clearly identify his weaknesses. Yet everyone keeps telling him to “find his strengths.” Annoying, right? Aidan rightly asks: “how do you do that?” Looking for an answer to that question, he wrote letters to 100 dyslexic heroes to find out how they achieved success. He didn’t expect anyone to write back. Lucky for us–many of them did, and he shared them with the world in the book “Looking for heroes.”
Book review: The Illustrated Guide to Dyslexia and Its Amazing People
Autumn weather has settled in here — the trees are red and orange and the […]
Summer reading survival tips for dyslexics
For me, summer vacation = summer reading. But….I’ve got way too many books to read […]
Author interview: Mary Avery Kabrich
When I’m writing, I usually listen to one song on repeat. Working on this interview […]
Book review: Learning to fly in Once Upon A Time A Sparrow
Have you ever looked up to see one little bird flying out of sync from […]
The 10% club is knocking: Let us in!
Can we discuss the elephant in the room? Too many schools are leaving our children […]
Book review: David Flink’s “Thinking Differently” educates and empowers
David Flink’s Thinking Differently (2014) is my favourite “parent/self help” guide to dyslexia and learning […]
Telling our own story/ies
“We deserve a chance…not to be defined by what we struggle with and what we are […]
Summer reading
The Dyslexic Library is on vacation, and we’re reading: Relish: My life in the kitchen (2013) […]
