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My Worry Is a Balloon
A first book about anxiety and the feelings that get bigger when we hold them
My Brain Has Its Own Speed
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My Brain Has Its Own Speed
A first book about ADHD, for kids who have been called "too much"
Some brains walk. Mine runs — and sometimes it forgets to tell my feet.
Yusuf's brain has its own speed. It runs ahead at breakfast, loops back during maths, and sprints through bedtime stories he already loves. Grown-ups keep asking him to slow down, as if speed were something he chose this morning.
Then his teacher gives him something nobody has given him before: not a telling-off, but a map. A way to see his own brain — fast, bright, forgetful, inventive — and a few small tricks for the moments when fast is the wrong gear.
A gentle, non-clinical story about living in a quick brain, written so a child hears "your brain works differently" instead of "your brain is wrong".
What a child takes away
- Your speed is not misbehaviour
- Forgetting is not the same as not caring
- Small outside helpers (lists, timers, one-step-at-a-time) are not cheating
- The thing that makes you hard to teach is often the thing that makes you good at something
The page at the back
Written for reading aloud at bedtime and for classroom read-alouds. The last spread is a parent-and-teacher page: what the story is modelling, what to say instead of "calm down", and three questions to ask afterwards.
For the grown-up buying it
What age is My Brain Has Its Own Speed for?
Ages 5–9. It reads aloud comfortably in about ten minutes, and works for bedtime or a classroom read-aloud.
Does it diagnose or label the child?
No. It is a story, not an assessment. It describes an experience so a child can recognise themselves in it — which is the opposite of handing them a label to carry.
Is there anything for the grown-up reading it?
Yes. Written for reading aloud at bedtime and for classroom read-alouds. The last spread is a parent-and-teacher page: what the story is modelling, what to say instead of "calm down", and three questions to ask afterwards.
Can teachers and therapists use it in groups?
Yes. Read-alouds in classrooms, groups and sessions are welcome. If you need a bulk or institutional option, get in touch.
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