Pages: 28
Publisher: Purple Butterfly Press
Blurb
From thinking fast, to thinking slow, from feeling high, to feeling low; this busy child wishes adults could see inside her head.
Based on the author’s personal experience with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, “Hi, It’s Me” shares the thoughts, feelings, emotions, and experiences of a child dealing with the many challenges of ADHD.
Offering insight into the world of ADHD and presenting a list of tips and printable colouring/journal pages; this rhyming picture book helps children struggling with ADHD feel empowered. It lets kids know that the diagnosis does NOT define them and that there are so many gifts beneath the diagnosis. It communicates that they can find peace knowing they’re not alone in how they think and feel.
My Review
I really enjoyed this book. It made me laugh and cry. Not ADHD myself but I know a few ADHDers, and it’s really quite familiar territory. I did cry a little though, because I felt the sadness in places at being misunderstood. I loved the rhyming and it really added to the over-all effect. As did the illustrations. The watercolour illustrations are lively and colourful.
I think the colourful illustrations and the rhymes will really help young children understand ADHD when they get a diagnosis or if they have a classmate or friend with a diagnosis. There is definitely a market for these books, and the earlier people learn about neurodivergent people the better.
Author Bio
ADHD goes WAY beyond, “look a squirrel!” My name is Katelyn Mabry and I want to take you on a journey with me! A journey that began when I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was 10 years old. “What is wrong with me?” “I’m not good enough”, “I hate myself” and “I’m stupid” where all too common thoughts revolving in my brain! I felt ALONE in how I thought and felt! “Hi It’s Me! I have ADHD” was written and created to help children feel understood, connected, and educated on how their minds and emotions work. As a Reading Specialist, it’s my mission to educate, empower, and encourage teachers, parents, social workers, and peers to understand and respond in love to those of us internally struggling with symptoms that come with the ADHD diagnosis. As a mother of 4, and having a daughter recently diagnosed with ADHD, it deepens my passion to dig beneath the diagnosis to discover the many gifts and talents that can be tapped into and used to ultimately be successful in life! I may have ADHD, but I choose not to let my “neuro-diverse” brain define me; instead I am determined to redefine it!
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