Monthly Archives: "August 2016"

WE ARE NOT ALONE!

Misa and I had the pleasure of being able to attend Shaping Outcomes Byron Bay’s launch party for a wonderful Inclusion Resource for Preschool centres.  It was great to see how another organisation is approaching inclusion and also how excited and willing professional educators are to start tackling such a major problem affecting our children.

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WHY SHOULD OUR BOOK SUCCEED WHEN OTHERS HAVEN’T?

Yes there are other children’s books available that discuss varying issues about disabilities, but do you know of any “best sellers?”  We have done a great deal of research and reading into why picture books that strive to inform the reader about disabilities are not becoming popular amongst the mainstream. Our book will be unique [...] Continue reading »

BODIES OR NO BODIES

Character development is not as simple as it appears. Every feature on our delightful Fergus and Delilah characters we have toiled over, drawn and redrawn, analyzed and discussed with friends, family and coworkers, or anyone who was willing to listen. Our biggest dilemma by far was the bodies versus no bodies debate and while we [...] Continue reading »