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Wild Things
How We Learn To Read and What Can Happen If We Don't
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Wild Things by Australian Children's Laureate Sally Rippin is an exploration of dyslexia, ADHD, and neurodivergent people. Rippin asks: What happens to kids who don’t learn how to read? And how can we help? When Sally Rippin discovered her child was struggling to read, the best-selling...
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Wild Things by Australian Children's Laureate Sally Rippin is an exploration of dyslexia, ADHD, and neurodivergent people. Rippin asks: What happens to kids who don’t learn how to read? And how can we help?
When Sally Rippin discovered her child was struggling to read, the best-selling children’s author assumed it would sort itself out over time. She couldn’t have been more wrong. Her son’s dyslexia and ADHD went unsupported for years, leaving him further and further behind his peers, and labelled as ‘difficult’ by an education system that couldn’t easily cater to neurodivergent kids. By the time Sally learned how to advocate for her child, it was – almost – too late.
This extraordinary book for parents is about how we learn to read and what can happen if we don’t, through the eyes of a parent who started out by doing everything the wrong way. Through meticulous research, interviews with educational experts, and conversations with neurodivergent adults, Rippin shares her brilliant and eye-opening insights into how we can help all kids find the joy in reading, and advocate for them within our schooling system. After all, they say school isn’t for everyone, but if everyone must go to school – then why not?
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781761213731
Publisher: Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 13 August 2024
Country: Australia
Imprint: Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
Edition: First Edition, Paperback
Illustration: N-A
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 266g
Pages: 304
About the Author
The Australian Children’s Laureate, Sally Rippin, is a best-selling and beloved author for children. Her most popular series include Billie B Brown, Hey Jack! and School of Monsters, and she has over 10 million books in print worldwide. She is also the author of one book for adults, Wild Things: How We Learn to Read and What Can Happen If We Don’t.
Sally loves to write stories with heart featuring characters that resonate with children and is passionate about literacy and access to stories. She travels across the world speaking with parents, teachers and librarians about how to engage struggling readers.
In 2024, Sally was named the eighth Australian Children’s Laureate, a two-year appointment to promote the importance and transformational power of reading, creativity and story in the lives of young Australians.
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