Loved, loved this! Sooooo funny!! Here’s the full review on this one.
A friend of mine who has a son with Asperger’s recommended this book to me. Although he is incredibly smart, he was stuck on learning his times tables, but with this book he had them down almost instantly. I decided to give this a try myself and see how Michael would like it.
Turns out he loved it! He enjoyed the little tricks they give for certain numbers, such as calling “0″ the king because he wants everyone to be like him or calling “1″ a mirror because any number sees itself. He also liked the stories that they made up for the harder to remember facts. I was impressed with how appealing the book was and was very glad that he enjoyed it. And multiplication seems to be going quite smoothly, which is a good thing!
This is a wonderful book from a fascinating perspective that added a lot to the discussion about sensory processing disorder. Full review coming soon!
Updated 7/3/11 – read full review here
Ahh, who can resist a detective novel set in the future, featuring lots of high-tech and fast-paced action along with a fascinating cast of colorful characters. I love these books and grabbed it off the shelf the second I saw it, despite the number of books already sitting next to my bed waiting to be read. And it didn’t disappoint. 
Another charming story from one of my favorite Irish writers, full of fascinating characters and centered around Frankie, a baby girl whose mother passes away from cancer immediately after giving birth to her. Although the fact that Frankie’s future wasn’t completely settled kept me rushing through a bit to see what happened, I still enjoyed this book enough to recommend it highly!
Have you read any of these? What did you think?
I'm a mom with Asperger's raising an amazing son with autism, which means I'm basically the case manager/advocate/cheerleader/chauffeur. The rest of the time, you can usually find me with my nose in a book!
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Yay.