Category: booktalk

Posted on

Bitsy Bat, School Star

Bitsy Bat, School Star
by Kaz Windness (Author / Illustrator)
@ Amazon | Bookshop

Booktalk: Bitsy is a little bat with big star dreams of making friends at her new school. But when she arrives, Bitsy doesn’t feel like she fits in. The other kids sit on their chairs, but sitting upright makes Bitsy dizzy. The other kids paint with their fingers, but Bitsy would rather use her toes. Everyone tells Bitsy she’s doing things wrong-wrong-wrong, so she tries harder…and ends up having a five-star meltdown.

Now Bitsy feels like a very small star and doesn’t want to go back to school. But with help from her family, Bitsy musters her courage, comes up with a new plan, and discovers that being a good friend is just one of the ways she shines bright!

A letter from the #ActuallyAutistic author and the “MORE ABOUT AUTISM” note in the back of the book explains how and why Bitsy’s plan helps her and others with autism.

Snippet:

Copyright © 2023 Anastasia Suen All Rights Reserved.

Posted on

Covered in Color

Covered in Color: Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Fabrics of Freedom
by Elisa Boxer (Author) and Susanna Chapman (Illustrator)
@ Amazon | Bookshop

Booktalk: Christo (1935-2020) and his partner in art and in life, Jeanne-Claude (1935-2009), are renowned for their large-scale, ambitious art installations that wrapped landmarks and swaths of land in fabric, including Berlin’s Wrapped Reichstag, Paris’s The Pont Neuf Wrapped, and New York City’s The Gates in Central Park (2005).

Snippet:

Copyright © 2023 Anastasia Suen All Rights Reserved.